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May 3, 2002

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. In its portrayal of gun silencers, does Hollywood more deserve an "A" for accurate or an "F" for fictitious?

    A. Foremost "F"iction is that the silencer market has been cornered by the James Bondesque underworld when it's really more sportsmen, law enforcement and the military.


     
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