For those who like to shoot rifles and pistols, the sound from the gun can literally be deafening. In addition to the shots being loud, the noise can cause some shooters to flinch when pulling the ...

A silencer (a.k.a. suppressor) is a device that screws onto the muzzle of a gun barrel, designed to dampen the sound of a shot. There are silencers for handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Hiram Percy ...

Gun silencers like the one used in a recent lethal shooting in Virginia Beach would be banned under legislation that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey introduced Friday. The Democrat unveiled the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH – Toiling away Sunday morning in the muggy confines of his gun shop, Mike Brini said requests for suppressors, a device used by the shooter who killed 12 people in a nearby government ...

A SilencerCo device mounted on a pistol. Many in the industry say Hollywood and the gun-control lobby have stigmatized silencers. (Contributed by SilencerCo / SilencerCo) A silencer is a device that ...

Just days after the shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building three weeks ago, Christi Dewar described to NPR her first thoughts as the mass shooting unfolded inside her office building. "We ...

I was sitting in class at Virginia Tech when the gunman opened fire down the hallway. I remember the sound of the gunshots. Despite becoming accustomed to the loud masonry work around my classroom ...