I don't think this will go anywhere. There have been too many years of the movies and TV telling us that "silencers" are only used by criminals, starting with 1930s Film Noir detective movies.

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Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”