I remember that my grandfather told me that some of the politicians in Congress were ‘overly influenced’ by the gangster era movies at the time that showed the near total silence of a ‘silencer’ and how the ‘hit man’ could do his ‘hit’ and get away so easily.
As he was heard to remark many times before he passed away:
‘Those damned politicians get a common sense removal operation when the become one and receive a bucket of BullSh*t to fill up the empty spot with.’
He was trusting. I think they learn power politics and become corrupted.