Would you use Active Hearing Protection during a Home Invasion?

Ok my first reply got deleted probably because I said this is retarded but, here goes again. Tech fails and always when you need it most. If I'm a perp and worth a sh!!. I'm coming for the people in the home first to secure the area to do my bg stuff. Would you rather be adjusting you ear muffs or prepared, armed and READY! Your super hearing bs isn't going to do crap when they put two in your head. The pros today aren't going to give you the time to play with your toys. Flame me if you want but you'll be alive.
 
Looks like we are assuming different types of bad guys here. The sneak thief that is going to hit the road running a the sound of a dog or the sight of a boxer clad, ear muffed, shotgun yielding occupant. Do not get in his way and don't shoot him in the back heading out your door.

The 'pros'. Somebody has probably got a 'contract' on you. You probably did something or associated with someone that was bad. LEOs excepted on this one. Muffs are probably not an option. No time here.

The ones that scare me are the druggies. My wife has very specific orders here. They see the 870 and the light and do not show their back, shoot them. Insurance will buy new carpet and fix the wall damage.

IMO everyone that has a home defense plan should practice it. If your home defense plan has electronic ear muffs, go for it. We have his and hers firearms. I get the 41 revolver and she gets the 870. We are both allowed to use the dog. Each have lights on the nightstand. Personally, my eye glasses are more important then my ears. But it is very personal. So if you think that electronic hearing protection gives you an advantage, you had better practice and get good at it.

And forget the flamers. They will NOT be there for YOU.
 
I'm going to get a set, probably Radian. If anybody has a suggestion, please PM me. :)

I'll be more than happy to see how well they work and post some thoughts in a couple of weeks...

Captainjack, nice try, zero points. The Mall Ninja thing has been done to death (as well as better). Welcome to my ignore list... Best feature on the web!
 
Hearing protection during a home invasion????

You've got to be kidding, right. Absolutely not.

If I hear something going "bump" in the night and want to check it out:

1. I want to get my gun as fast as I can, which is never as fast as you think it will be;

2. keep lights off and go through my investigation of all areas of my house vulnerable to break-in.

3. LISTEN for any signs of a break-in or people in my house.

4. LISTEN, look and verify, if possible, where all member of my household are.

5. If I encounter home invader(s), the few rounds that I will fire will doubtfully cause any permenant damage to my ears....and if it does, oh, well.

You need all of your senses on high alert when checking for home invaders. I need my hearing as much as I need my sight, especially in low light situations.
 
walking around in the dark with bionic hearing could be very disorienting. now every bump sounds like someone sketching around you house. If hearing damage concerns you that much i would spend a little more money and instead of getting hearing protection invest in a suppressor
 
Skans,

Possibly you didn't understand the question. We are not discussing passive hearing protection (plugs, normal muffs), but active hearing protection (electronic muffs), which would not only allow you to hear the intruder but would actually enhance your hearing capabilities.

pax
 
I made the mistake of making this same thread a few weeks ago, got the same replies. Someone should run a test to end this debate. Slap on a pair of electronic ear protection and have someone else sneaking around inside the house+outside the house. Then have them repeat the exact same process but this time, don't wear anything on your ears. See if theres any advantages/disadvantages. I'm curious to see the results, someone test :)
 
No testing necessary, AFAIC. They have been proven to enhance your hearing capabilities. Perfect for the "bump in the night" you hear that is probably nothing, but COULD be a cat burgler, especially if you've heard of one in your area. The naysayers amaze me with their "it's always going to be someone crashing in your door and killing everyone in the house before they take what they want" attitude.:rolleyes: Robbery and B&E statistics, in my area anyway, say something completely different. I would be able to, and plan to use these for clearly most of the checking of my house.
 
Possibly you didn't understand the question. We are not discussing passive hearing protection (plugs, normal muffs), but active hearing protection (electronic muffs), which would not only allow you to hear the intruder but would actually enhance your hearing capabilities.
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I don't trust things that run on batteries. Let me tell you - my friggin mini-vault runs on batteries, which makes it worthless!! I just keep the key nearby so I can get into it. I got sick and tired of constantly replacing batteries.

I've had to grab my gun and check things out several times. Once was an animal noise. Another time, I saw blue flashing lights outside my window and found out that the cops were chasing a perp through my normally quiet neithborhood. Another time, the police copter was circling my house looking for someone in the woods behind it. Like I said, I would never even consider wearing hearing protection.
 
No. I want to hear my target. Besides, its better to be deaf and alive rather than dead with perfect hearing.
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Don't forget, we're talking electronic muffs, not plain muffs/plugs. I'll be hearing the target better than you. Any short after a FIRST shot is fired, I WILL STILL be able to hear the target, while they will likely be momentarily deaf. That is a huge advantage, I'd think.
 
Either way (active/passive) I just dont think I am gonna jump up and then start gearing up with noise amplifiers and night vision goggles etc. For me, its pretty much gonna be me, a light and a gun. I don't want to be wasting time fumbling around in the dark with extra gear only to get holed by an intruder after finally getting all my equipment together. Honestly, IMO it borders on the mall ninja spectrum of things. IMO!

I mean am I supposed to be sleeping in these things? I don't know maybe I'm unprepared.
 
first, I want things to be as simple as possible, grab my shotgun or pistol and flashlight. Dial 911 if I think there's time. deal with the threat, hopefully by retreating. I don't want anything to interfere with my natural hearing. Things could sound closer or farther than actual, or just not right. don't count out the possibility of dead batteries, and with the almost certain adrenaline dump you may not realize it.
 
Well, I'll give this a try when I get mine. Frankly, it's a time issue - if I've got time, no problem with the electronic hearing enhancement. If it's a violent attack, obviously it's "grab gun and repel boarders".
 
I've got Peltors, they work great on the range. But, they're dead half the time, granted it's because I forget to turn them off. When you put them on you have to mess with them briefly to figure out if one or both sides are working. Doesn't seem to me to be the kind of thing I want to mess with in the dark with a threat in the house. On the other hand, if I were the aggressor and had time to get set before I acted they'd make a lot of sense.
 
I was involved in a shoot out and only had a .380 on me at the time. I fired 6 rounds emptying my magazine sitting inside a vehicle and honestly can't remember the noise being excessive. At the range it would have been and I think in certain situations your unaffected by by things that would normally bother you. it makes no sense but was unaffected never the less.

For me, if in an emergency situation hearing protection will not be considered when seconds count.
 
Having been in an actual indoor shooting I did not even notice the shot I fired. and that was with a +P+ round.
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I fired 6 rounds emptying my magazine sitting inside a vehicle and honestly can't remember the noise being excessive. At the range it would have been and I think in certain situations your unaffected by by things that would normally bother you. it makes no sense but was unaffected never the less.
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Guys, auditory exclusion has zero to do with losing your hearing. It's benefit is temporary for the here and now only. You are STILL doing damage to your hearing.
 
i have been in a few situations were i have fired indoors with my ears unprotected. i would not recommend this often obviously but i never noticed any repercussions after the fact. something to think about is say you go down stairs and shoot the perp with your ear pro on, and for some reason you end up in court. one could say by you putting on your ear pro you went down stairs with the intent to shoot.
 
I wouldn't but not for the reasons mentioned. If I were a cop and showed up at the scene of a shooting and found the shooter wearing electronic ear-muffs, it would suggest to me that perhaps the shooter was expecting the shootee and would therefore make his claim of self-defense seem a bit sucspicious.
 
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