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Unquestionably Confused[_4_]

On 10/3/2017 6:43 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 18:15:42 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

Okay, for 250 years folks have enjoyed hunting and shooting sports
without access to silencers.

Yes and deafness is an ongoing problem in our older population. How
many of them had their hearing damaged from shooting?
If you can believe my doctor, every one of them who did not have
significant hearing protection. That would be just about every shooter
before the 70s when it became a thing to use, particularly on a range.
I still see plenty of hunters going without any ear protection. It
also includes most veterans if they actually got close to a firing
range (or a war).

I was giving him his point. I agree that the hearing issue is real. I
have a note from my doctor to that effect. Permanent damage that is not
correctable with hearing aids. If I keep my right side towards SWMBO I
can get away with a lotg

Check this out. In the Washington Post no less.

http://tinyurl.com/Washington-Post-on-Gun-Control