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damboisc@ERE.UMontreal.CA (D'Amboise Charles) wrote:

>larry_soo@mindlink.bc.ca (larry soo) writes:

>>ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) wrote:

>>>Indeed. The "beauty" of a gun from the point of view of a terrorist or
>>>madman is that hardly any preparation is required. You don't have to be
>>>smart enough to figure out the quantities of ingredients required to make a
>>>bomb, you don't have to take the time to assemble it, etc. You just pick it
>>>up, and you're in business.

>>Right...and you have to be within line-of-sight with your victim,
>>somewhere in the immediate vicinity and willing to make a lot of noise
>>which would reveal your position.

>Don't you know about that little device for guns called a 'muffler'
>(silencieux en francais...)
>Shoot, and the gun makes a little, little noise, so you cannot wake up 
>anyone.

Yes, I've also seen pictures of poison-gas pens used by Russian agents
and single-shot fountain pen guns marketed in Pakistan.  However, none
of these weapons are frequently, if ever, used by terrorists.
Furthermore, silenced weapons must also fire sub-sonic rounds
(bullets) so their effectiveness is drastically reduced, which is why
you rarely seen silencers used (except in movies, of course).  And
even when silenced, the guns are far from quiet; they do not make the
sounds that you hear in most Hollywood movies.

...lars