OK, First; I looked up the phrase: "shooting in the house" and found oodles of them but the ones I read didn't address the issue of "NOISE" (yes, I know I was shouting). Now since I'm old and have Harley ear, I am,well, unsavable. I'm a twigs throw from deaf. Mostly tone deaf as I hear every gun shot and every Harley around. And by the way, it should be understood that I am talking defending in the home and not a home personal shooting range in the bedroom or basement, as some of the well-heeled individuals may be able to afford.
So here's my question: For home defense, and being men and wanting BIG bangs; what happens after the 44 magnum is discharged in the 1200 square foot home with the wife and three children? Is everyone including me, deaf forever? SO lets look at even a 9 mm or a 38 or a little 22. Discharging one of any of these in an enclosed slab or two-story home, will defiantly effect hearing.
Obviously we are not wearing hearing protection and in the night times with our heads laying down and the noise level way down, boom from any direction or source is discernible.
Now before anyone goes off on a tangent, I fully understand the primary objective to protecting your loved ones, and or self. What I'm looking for is from someone that has been through it, to talk a bit about it. I understand that tunnel vision and focus goes along with time and becomes unimportant, just as much as I recignise that if one is drowning, they don't really give consideration to getting their new suit or dress all wet.
But the fact does remain, noise from a gun is usually proportionate to the cal of the shot fired, and you ain't at the shooting range. And I do know that there isn't squat we can do about that. Just interested in the facts, not so much opinions.
So here's my question: For home defense, and being men and wanting BIG bangs; what happens after the 44 magnum is discharged in the 1200 square foot home with the wife and three children? Is everyone including me, deaf forever? SO lets look at even a 9 mm or a 38 or a little 22. Discharging one of any of these in an enclosed slab or two-story home, will defiantly effect hearing.
Obviously we are not wearing hearing protection and in the night times with our heads laying down and the noise level way down, boom from any direction or source is discernible.
Now before anyone goes off on a tangent, I fully understand the primary objective to protecting your loved ones, and or self. What I'm looking for is from someone that has been through it, to talk a bit about it. I understand that tunnel vision and focus goes along with time and becomes unimportant, just as much as I recignise that if one is drowning, they don't really give consideration to getting their new suit or dress all wet.
But the fact does remain, noise from a gun is usually proportionate to the cal of the shot fired, and you ain't at the shooting range. And I do know that there isn't squat we can do about that. Just interested in the facts, not so much opinions.
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