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Just a few things to point out:
1) Your hearing will "turn off" appropriately in high stress firefights. Our bodies do interesting things to compensate for the loud noises
2) A firefight in your house will be brief, I assure you. You're not going to suffer permanent damage.
3) A silencer changes the performance characteristics of the pistol, including increased potential for stovepiping. Same for ammo type.
4) I'm sure a clever defense lawyer would characterize your use of a silencer to kill or injure his client as a premeditated action to inflict injury on intruders. That probably would fly like a brick in Texas, but in other states...
5) A silencer changes how you can move around obstacles and form a sight picture quickly. Unless you always train to defensively operate with a silencer, you put yourself at a disadvantage.


Nope. To me, there are far too many reasons to NOT use a silencer (suppressor) for defensive purposes.