Hiram Maxim patented his invention as a “silencer”. Scolding prigs and tacticool types aside, that is the true name. “silencers”
My scolding-prig-tacticool post had a point: most of the opposition to devices, which reduce the sound emitted from firearms, comes from the notion that they actually “silence” a firearm — for the convenience of assassins. If Hollywood portrayed these devices objectively, then people would know better. Even with a “silencer”, firearms make enough noise.