Do you keep ear muffs next to your home defense gun?
Why or why not?
Should you take the extra two seconds to put ear muffs on when you hear a noise inside your home at night?
Shooting a loud gun inside your home can be a problem and you're most likely to be deaf for a few minutes after you shot your gun without any hear protection.
Im not even talking about permanent ear damage days, weeks, and months after the shooting.
If you live with family how are you comunicate with them after your fired your gun?
If you live alone, how are you going to hear the 911 dispatcher on the phone when you report the shooting?
Or even deal with the police if they show up at your door in the next 10 minutes?
For me it's worth to "lose" two seconds to put the muffs on to later be able to hear people around you.
Keep in mind that you want to preserve your hearing to be able to hear the good guys (family, friends, lawyer, police) after your first shot, but also to hear the potential other bad guys coming.
What if you fire one shot, you miss, your ears shut down, and then you cant hear if the BG moved to the room on the right or on the left.
Or you could hit your target and not hear other bad guys coming from the back of the house.
Also if you decide to take the extra time to put hear protection on then why not take the time to wear eye protection as well?
If you need to shoot a shotgun inside a house with concrete walls a few feet away from the wall it could be a good idea to protect your eyes as well.
If you're used to wear both ear and eye protection at the range (like you should) then you're already more familiar shooting with those that you are shooting without them.
Typo in the title, I meant to type "Hear protection use FOR home defense?"
EDIT: got it for you. SDH
Why or why not?
Should you take the extra two seconds to put ear muffs on when you hear a noise inside your home at night?
Shooting a loud gun inside your home can be a problem and you're most likely to be deaf for a few minutes after you shot your gun without any hear protection.
Im not even talking about permanent ear damage days, weeks, and months after the shooting.
If you live with family how are you comunicate with them after your fired your gun?
If you live alone, how are you going to hear the 911 dispatcher on the phone when you report the shooting?
Or even deal with the police if they show up at your door in the next 10 minutes?
For me it's worth to "lose" two seconds to put the muffs on to later be able to hear people around you.
Keep in mind that you want to preserve your hearing to be able to hear the good guys (family, friends, lawyer, police) after your first shot, but also to hear the potential other bad guys coming.
What if you fire one shot, you miss, your ears shut down, and then you cant hear if the BG moved to the room on the right or on the left.
Or you could hit your target and not hear other bad guys coming from the back of the house.
Also if you decide to take the extra time to put hear protection on then why not take the time to wear eye protection as well?
If you need to shoot a shotgun inside a house with concrete walls a few feet away from the wall it could be a good idea to protect your eyes as well.
If you're used to wear both ear and eye protection at the range (like you should) then you're already more familiar shooting with those that you are shooting without them.
Typo in the title, I meant to type "Hear protection use FOR home defense?"
EDIT: got it for you. SDH
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