We've had recent threads on hearing protection as I recall, and I saw this article a couple days ago: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-he...-idUSKBN17F2P9
Here's a quote from the article that I found interesting:
First, how many people besides serious competitors shot ten thousand rounds per year?! I've never shot that many rounds per year in my life. Second, how many serious competitors would NOT wear hearing protection? I find it hard to believe that 20% of very high volume shooters don't use hearing protection.Quote:
With firearms, researchers found that one in five people who shot more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition in the past year never used hearing protection. Most of the firearm-related noise exposure came during recreational shooting.
Then they went on to talk about hearing protection in the workplace. I don't know about you all, but where I work hearing protection is a big deal, and not using it when we're supposed to is a serious offense. My grandfather was almost completely deaf, having worked in a lumber mill and construction for most of his life. I don't want to end up like that.
A few years back I was talking guns with a coworker and I invited him shooting. He said he'd like to go because shooting was fun, but it just hurt his ears too much so he'd rather not. I asked him if he had ever used ear plugs before when shooting guns. Oh, that's a good idea! We ended up going and he enjoyed it.