NRA's latest lie: More silencers keep us safe

I learn something new everyday. Today I learned there is actually something called the American Silencer Association, supported by that other famous firearms association, the NRA.... Because the Founding Fathers obviously would have wanted to keep their muzzle-loaded powder-and-ball muskets quiet when fighting King George's lobster backs. 

Again, the only good use I can think of for silencers is in case of a zombie apocalypse, because we all know that zombies are attracted to gunfire.

Got flashlight? Got silencer.

Silencers: The NRA’s latest big lie

Silencers could give the next Adam Lanza even more time to kill -- but to the NRA, they protect kids' hearing

By Alexander Zaitchik

December 30, 2012 | Salon

URL: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/30/silencers_the_nras_latest_big_lie/