Embalmo wrote:I've actually considered keeping my gun muffs on my nightstand. It protects the hearing and it lets the bad guy know you are not screwing around.
Not a good idea. You need to be able to hear everything that is happening if you are dealing with someone in your house; that means footsteps, creaks in doors, etc. Having gun muffs would not give you the best hearing coverage. Even the electronic ones can distort natural sounds (unless you have really high-end ones) and you might mistake one sound for another. Best to take you chances on hearing damage if you do have to shoot. Better a chance of some hearing loss than loss of your or someone in your family's life.