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fnordfnordfnord on April 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Richard Stallman response to Boston Police efforts

I mean look at all the silencers people have to get away with murder - oh wait, they don't - because they are illegal and highly regulated.

Murderers rarely use such things

A silencer is cheap and trivial to manufacture from common materials.

I think you overestimate the deterrence of an additional felony charge. "Q. What are you in for? A. Murder... and an unlicensed weapon accessory."

spitfire on April 20, 2013 [–]

Often these trivial laws are passed in order to be catch alls. You might get off on a technicality of a murder charge, but they get you for the illegal silencer.

Remember, they got Al Capone on income tax violations.

fnordfnordfnord on April 20, 2013 | [–]

And you think that's a good thing?

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