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Thirties Child

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7. I was 15, riding in a car with kids, a shotgun within inches of my head, went off, all by itself.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2016, 04:22 PM

Sep 2016

A shotgun blast in a closed car is LOUD. I was lucky I wasn't killed. I've had tinnitus so long--66 years--I long ago stopped paying attention to it. I'd probably wonder why it was quiet if it went away.

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Full Metal Racket: The No. 1 disability among vets is not PTSD. [View all] KamaAina Sep 2016 OP

Tinnitus really stinks. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #1

I can attest to this (guns are loud!). nt jonno99 Sep 2016 #2

Indeed- my tinnitus is so bad the VA rated it 10% Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #3

And tinnitus service-connected compensation HDSam Sep 2016 #4

does the military issue ear plugs? Mosby Sep 2016 #5

Yes, Universally. They're everywhere. linuxman Sep 2016 #6

You don't wear earplugs in combat. Unit 001 Sep 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Sep 2016 #10

Wearing ear plugs in combat is a good way to get killed. hack89 Sep 2016 #12

I was 15, riding in a car with kids, a shotgun within inches of my head, went off, all by itself. Thirties Child Sep 2016 #7

Ireland's soldiers are way ahead of you ;) See here -> OnDoutside Sep 2016 #8

My husband lost 30% in one blast. AwakeAtLast Sep 2016 #11