Hearing Damage and Home Defense

[SandHill]

[Rhyme_merchant]

I'm sure you can get real technical and the decibels would be lower, but you probably won't notice the difference because both will still be deafening.

[ElDub1950]

Hearing loss is cumulative. Unless you're in a home invasion shootout every couple of weeks or months, it's not worth worrying about.

[luckyduck]

Muzzle in a pillow. 😉

[Michael777]

357 magnum will make your ear drums bleed indoors without hearing protection.

[ar15robert]

I have shot some guns with no hearing and yes my ears rang not something i do all the time obviously but i dont think you will lose or effect hearing if you had to shoot inside.

Im sure ears will ring for a while though but id rather have that than be a victim.

[ar15robert]

Im sure there some police or military who could answer this with real world experience.

[walterSOBCHAK]

Touching off legit magnum loads indoors is not a good plan IMO. I don't have any data to back up .45 acp being better for your hearing indoors but it seems to be conventional wisdom sub sunic is the better route. My first choice in my home IS .45, its what I keep a weapon light on for what I may encounter in the dark.

[SWalt]

100% hearing or death......decisions, decisions.

[mikeyr]

on top of my HD weapon are electronic ear muffs, I put them on and grab the gun. They also help since they enhance any noise around the house and of course muffle the sound of gunfire. I can turn up the volume and hear everything going on. I suppose there could be situations where I would not have time to put them on, but I can't imagine them since my dogs will buy me the one or 2 seconds needed to put them on.

[Colt]

Well, first of all, in a home defense shooting scenario, post event hearing loss is the least of your worries...




Secondly, the likelihood of said event is, thankfully low. Thirdly, as mentioned above, hearing loss being cumulative, the likelihood of you having multiple events is probably akin to being struck by lightning - unless of course you interface with unsavory aquaintences or live in a very sketchy part of town and do not relocate after the first hypothetical event.

[foreppin916]

Same here. gun is inside night stand and a 12 gauge in the closet with my electronic hearing right next to my g34 in my nightstand. I think its really the only option.

on top of my HD weapon are electronic ear muffs, I put them on and grab the gun. They also help since they enhance any noise around the house and of course muffle the sound of gunfire. I can turn up the volume and hear everything going on. I suppose there could be situations where I would not have time to put them on, but I can't imagine them since my dogs will buy me the one or 2 seconds needed to put them on.

[getpro56]

Ringing will go away same day. Unless you shoot a 50 bmg. Then your ears ring for a month and everything sounds muffled for a while.

[1911whore]

If you are still alive because you had to use a pistol for HD, that is what matters. If you are worried about your hearing in a life or death situation, you're focused on the wrong thing.

[CouchOperator]

Electronics by my rifle. No reason pressing me to leave my room, so they would need to come through my door. And if it happened at night, add in night vision and you can ID someone and see their hands without needing to use white light. Theyd be walking into a pitch black room while you could see everything like its daylight.