You never win being sinical. A childishly fragile ego needs to make excuses for a loss yet to happen but a healthy mature adult ego does not.
This can pass. No one really gives a shit about silencers. They have no resistance against them to keep them illegal.
Europe actually requires them in many locations.
Anytown and other hoplophobic commie orgs are already flooding their membership with “silent blood in the streets” BS about silencers...
We need to keep pressure on to make sure the liberals in the GOP are cowed into doing the right thing.