I am enjoying the new series hosted by R. Lee Ermey on the History Channel. I saw two shows, the one with the chronological development of handguns and the chronology of tank development.
What disturbs me is that gunny, when firing these weapons or is with someone who is firing these weapons, sometimes wears eye protection, sometimes doesn't, and DOESN'T WEAR HEARING PROTECTION when he fired the handguns or the tanks or the cannons! I noticed the onsite owner/collectors always wore hearing protection, but old gunny did not with the handguns, tanks, or artillery pieces!
As a role model, he should be utilizing eye and ear protection, always.
He still seems to have optical acuity but I suspect he is experiencing audio degradation (mild to moderate hearing loss). I've read just being exposed to one gunshot without hearing protection is enough to damage the "hearing hairs" in our inner ear (cochlea).
Have other viewers of this program made similar observations?
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