You can buy fake silencers for the "less than mature" adult shooters among us. A fake looks like a silencer to a liberal or a govt agent building a case against a person.
Remember the guy selling the ''cleaning patch catchers'' in the classifieds ? They 'looked' just like a suppressor.
John DeLorean comes to mind, another full blown entrapment case, which DeLorean beat in court.
Back then I was naive and didn't realize how crooked these alphabet agencies were. After Ruby Ridge & Waco - David Koresh events my naivety disappeared.