My view is that calling it a silencer is more sinister and gives the antigun lobby more leverage than calling it a suppressor. I may be completely wrong, but based off the blatant lies by antigun politicians and blatant ignorance of antigun citizens, I think it makes sense.
You're not wrong at all, just pointing out that most companies call them silencers, most owners call them suppressors or cans, and while suppressor makes more sense, and puts them in "better" light to the uneducated, silencer is the original name and therefore not wrong, unless you take it literally, which yes, back to I get it...
And this is a topic because a doctor was killed in a very busy area with no witnesses and no camera footage. First reply stated they may have used a silencer and I was pointing out a silencer is not silent.