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  • Properly used hearing protection eliminates any damage to your hearing. I’m not sure how hearing protection is not 100% effective when used correctly.

    No it is not

    https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Frf1hxgq4sgbe1.png

    Even doubling up on earpro, you’re still only reducing the shot to around 100db, and over time that can cause hearing loss.

    This is the definition of a straw man argument.

    No it is not. The suppressor in this analogy is the airbag. You’re suggesting we just use earpro, because it’s good enough.

    The law/scenario in question is the US. It doesn’t really matter what NZ/UK require; are you also arguing for their gun control laws?

    I’m pointing out that it’s required in those countries with massive amounts of gun control, to show that even they are on board with suppressors and not looking at them like more dangerous devices, which is what the antigun crowd does.

    People have been shooting firearms for centuries without suppressors, for decades without suppressors but with hearing protection. Saying you need them is flat out inaccurate but it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be available to anybody who wants one.

    This is just silly, we also used to cook over open fires, and ride in wagons and sail across the oceans. New tech shows up, you don’t magically say “well fuck that, that’s not how grandpappy did it”.


  • And ear plugs/muffs start at a couple dollars. That was my point.

    Which do not %100 effective, it helps a ton, but adding a suppressor makes it basically completely noiseless to the shooter. You’re logic is, why do you need an airbag when a seatbelt works for 95% of accidents.

    Necessary is a stretch.

    Again airbags.

    I’m not arguing against this. Claiming you need one is a flawed argument; but the argument against the tax is reasonable and it’s a good thing it’s being eliminated.

    This makes no sense though, as I stated before, NZ/UK require them. Not only for the hearing protection but also for the noise pollution side of it.


  • UK requires them. NZ requires them. They’re only expensive here because they are an NFA item. Suppressors are not $100-200 minimum, try like $600-800 and up. The tax stamp was bullshit, but the reality is that they help with the noise, but you still need to wear earpro.

    So for protection of your hearing and others, it absolutely is a necessary thing that should be off the shelf available for cheap, and not 6 months of waiting and $200 + having to set up a trust, so you don’t become a felon by some random reason that’s the NFA as a whole.


  • Yep, same age here. I have a herniated disk. I stretch in the AM and before bed. Probably once a year I’ll do something stupid like lift something way to heavy and aggravate it, and then I just take it easy for a day or two and I’m fine again. People just don’t move around anymore, everyone is sedentary now. Just getting you 10k steps in helps a ton.

    Hell if you’re a gamer like me, get walkscape and play a game with the amount of steps you do in a day.

    Just move around.