What the article doesn’t mention is that the machine gun’s inventor, Hiram Maxim, was the father of Hiram Percy Maxim (W1AW), who in turn invented the silencer for firearms.
“...the machine gun’s inventor, Hiram Maxim, was the father of Hiram Percy Maxim (W1AW), who in turn invented the silencer for firearms.”
What about his brother, Hudson Maxim, who invented smokeless powder?
If you can, read his book “Defenseless America” written in 1915. If, for some reason, I had to get rid of all my 3000+ books, his would be the very last one to go.