Comments on: Tactical Thoughts

By: Ian Argent

Ian Argent — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:54:45 +0000

Dunno about hearing stressful situations (While I’ve been in a few, they didn’t involve firearms, though they did involve other sensory and memory anomalies – in particular I have hard experience about the lack of pain while adrenalized – dislocated my elbow and didn’t notice until the match was over); but I wandered into a norminally outdoor firing range looking for a representative of the PTB there; someone touched off something in a handgun, and the ears they started ringing immediately. (We stepped “outside” to have our discussion – other side of a cinderblock wall).

So, yeah, I’d be one for hearing protection. Given my wife and cats are about, I’d prefer not to completely damp out ambient sounds until the time comes, either.

By: Ry Jones

Ry Jones — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:33:42 +0000

this is why I have a silencer on my HDR.

By: Less

Less — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:38 +0000

but a great deal of medical and psychological data show that the body can shut down hearing in high stress events, preventing the ringing after effects (Grossman, On Combat)

Yeah, I recall that they had a panel of experts talking about “auditory exclusion” at ILEETA a few years back. Grossman, Ayoob, etc…

John Krupa got up and asked how many have heard a gun without hearing protection?

A few hands up in the crowd.

“Remember the immediate RINGING IN YOUR F*(CKING EARS BECAUSE IT WAS SO GORAM LOUD?!”

By: Homer

Homer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:06:37 +0000

Tried this a while back and was surprised; walking around the house with the volume turned up I could hear the dog panting quietly in his sleep, couldn’t hear him without the amplified muffs. Except for range trips, they’re always in the night stand.

I wonder, though, would wearing muffs during a confrontation appear to a zealous prosecutor as a premeditated act? Why were you wearing muffs if you weren’t planning on shooting someone?

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:14:47 +0000

I’ve read this for years in hunter mags. You’ll see ads for electronic earplugs that have a built-in mic so you can hear better….but they go dead with loud noises so your gun won’t make your ears ring.

Never really used them, I buy non electronic ears for my range time and just shout like a fool on the firing line.

I imagine if I have to pop somebody the ringing in my ears will be the least of my problems.

By: Joe Merchant24

Joe Merchant24 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:10:37 +0000

I’m not going to claim to be smarter than Ed Head, but a great deal of medical and psychological data show that the body can shut down hearing in high stress events, preventing the ringing after effects (Grossman, On Combat).

I keep going back and forth on putting my can on the HD AR. Yes, it will protect my hearing, but it adds overall length and there’s the jury stigma to overcome after the fact.

By: aczarnowski

aczarnowski — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:43:18 +0000

I’ll have to think about this some more but my first thought is not so much. After 7 years I feel pretty in tune with the creaks and groans of my house. Putting on ear protection, electronic or not, seems like it would invalidate pretty much all of that…