They are not silencers they are suppressors.. only in the movies do they “silence”.
To be fair, Hiram Maxim, who marketed the first commercially available suppressor called them “silencers” in his advertising materials. Doubtless just a little bit of marketing hype, but the name stuck.
All of us gun nerds of course like to point out that they really are better described (and are described in the NFA and GCA as “silencers” or “mufflers” — apt since Maxim used similar technology to automobile mufflers in his initial patent.
In any event, it’s very, very good that they are becoming mainstream.
Plus it’s fun to watch the gun grabbers lose their minds....
Suppressor, silencers, mufflers…..
It’s fun to quibble over the correct definition or proper term.
British often refer to what we call mufflers as silencers.
I consider them in practice interchangeable.
However, if you want to discuss the difference between clips and magazines….