HD Hearing Protection?

[SpiritWalker]

After reading through several threads about weapon choices for home defense, I wonder if anyone has given thought to hearing protection?

Granted, I'll risk my hearing before risking my life or the lives of those I care about but I've been considering getting a set of those "hunter's ears" just in case I have time to put them in before I'm forced to pull any triggers. Any unsuppressed firearm that would be effective against intruders is going to do a serious number on my ears in a small room. I already have significant hearing loss just from hunting (rifles and shotguns) and plinking (.22s and center-fire handguns) without hearing protection before I knew better and that was all outside.

Anyone else considering or doing this?

[Manedwolf]

I have electronic muffs that are quick to turn on in the bedside drawer. I see no reason why a home intruder should be able to steal my hearing if I have to defend myself.

[Tanzer]

Electronic ones are worth it if you can get to them. Especially in a "bump in the night" situation. You can actually amplify them to act as an aid (unless you've got dogs that bark as loudly as mine do.

[ClarkEMyers]

Consider also a suppressed dedicated weapon Jurisdiction permitting.

That is after a full control of the lights and some hardening, dogs, alarms such as ADT and all the rest - the quietest shot is the one never fired.

[Double Naught Spy]

After reading through several threads about weapon choices for home defense, I wonder if anyone has given thought to hearing protection?

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[Manedwolf]

Consider also a suppressed dedicated weapon Jurisdiction permitting.

They're legal here, but for my SIG P220:

Jarvis replacement threaded barrel: $250
Black Box suppressor: $900

Ow.

[SpiritWalker]

Consider also a suppressed dedicated weapon Jurisdiction permitting.

I have considered it and I've decided not to give an enthusiastic assistant DA any chance to portray me to a jury as some "Rambo" type vigilante using exotic, deadly weapons that only assassins and the military have (Which is exactly what assistant DAs do regularly in self-defense cases, truth not being a consideration from their point of view.) Hence my decision to use a plain-jane 870 with no add-ons (until I pick up an outside hammer SxS), backed up by a Marlin .30-30 carbine and a stock Glock for home defense. I have more exotic "looking" and potentially deadly weapons but they won't be able to use that against me in court if I don't actually use them in defending myself and my loved ones. I'm confident of my abilities with the weapons I've chose and a lot more confident about the outcome of the aftermath.