On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 08:20:12 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

Yeah, I've seen a few news items on that. It would be a good idea. The
suppressor industry should work to drive the word "silencer" out of
common usage, because in typical civilian use a suppressor does not do
anything close to "silence" a firearm.

We can blame Hiram Maxim for that. He coined the name for his new
device to "silence" firearms, over 100 years ago