[philistine]

Are you aware that gun laws are not the same around the world and that YouTube likes to enjoy revenue worldwide?

I see all the rules you describe as an American company trying to marry the gun culture of the US with the far more reserved stance of the rest of the world.

[Rebelgecko]

Much of the world actually has less restrictive rules on silencers than the US, I think in a lot of European countries they're regulated comparably to or even law then firearms. I think the restrictions are more closely tied to the state where YouTube is based than to the overall gun laws of any particular country.