SouthernUnderGod
Well-Known Member
I don’t think there’s time to put on hearing protection to prepare for a discharge in a vehicle self defense situation. Of course, you could wear a pair of custom fit Bluetooth-enabled plugs continuously “just in case.”
It would be interesting to see if there is data on loss expectation from just one or a couple of “in vehicle” discharge events.
On one of the gun programs on an outdoor channel I saw them doing some “shooting from a vehicle” training. One of the trainers stated that he trains LE personnel in vehicle firearm use. Apparently he has students wear hearing protection for virtually all of the training but they shoot at least one without to acquaint the student with the noise.
Hearing protection for shooting wasn’t always a “thing.” I had been shooting for at least a decade before I was introduced to it.
I took a rifle shooting course at LSU (offered as either an HPRE or ROTC course) in 1973. The instructor (Mary Elizabeth Norkauer) required ear protection for all students. I bought some ear valves and some David Clark muffs from her (her family owned Norkauer Firearms.) That was the first time I had ever used hearing protection. (I’m 65 now and don’t hear so well!)
After taking the course I started always using hearing protection. I can remember being in a duck blind and buddies asking me “What’s in your ear?”
I wish I had started wearing hearing protection from the get-go.
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It would be interesting to see if there is data on loss expectation from just one or a couple of “in vehicle” discharge events.
On one of the gun programs on an outdoor channel I saw them doing some “shooting from a vehicle” training. One of the trainers stated that he trains LE personnel in vehicle firearm use. Apparently he has students wear hearing protection for virtually all of the training but they shoot at least one without to acquaint the student with the noise.
Hearing protection for shooting wasn’t always a “thing.” I had been shooting for at least a decade before I was introduced to it.
I took a rifle shooting course at LSU (offered as either an HPRE or ROTC course) in 1973. The instructor (Mary Elizabeth Norkauer) required ear protection for all students. I bought some ear valves and some David Clark muffs from her (her family owned Norkauer Firearms.) That was the first time I had ever used hearing protection. (I’m 65 now and don’t hear so well!)
After taking the course I started always using hearing protection. I can remember being in a duck blind and buddies asking me “What’s in your ear?”
I wish I had started wearing hearing protection from the get-go.
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