"Simply" takes time. Fumbling in the dark to stick plugs in my ears? Oh heck no.
A silencer is already mounted.
If you can't put a pair of earmuffs over your head, then you aren't together enough to grab a gun and start firing shots at anyone. I don't get the logic behind being to out of it and "fumbling" to put earmuffs on because you're waking out of sleep, but at the same time you have enough motor skills and sense to use proper firearm safety, grab a loaded weapon while keeping your finger off of the trigger, NOT "fumbling around in the dark" while grabbing your loaded weapon, aim properly, and fire off shots at the threat instead of in the direction of family members. More over exaggerating.
I do. I don't want to destroy my hearing by touching off a 5.56 inside my home.
That is my need. Do what you want to your hearing.
I still do not think it's necessary, a 5.56 is going to be loud even with a suppressor, and I will have hearing protection on so my hearing will still be more protected than yours, but did what you want to your hearing.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Bright light in your eyes at night is certainly a detriment and doesn't improve your vision. If it did we would all drive with our high beams on all the time. We can't because.......it blinds oncoming traffic. Thats not overblown.
I explained what I meant. I have experience using in low light condition and with ported barrels, and I wasn't "blinded." Many others who actually have done the same also claim the same, and there have also been YouTube videos to that effect. The fact also is the suppressors are very really used with military, L E., and civilian shootings. They aren't something that's standard issue. There have been thousands of police and civilian shootings in low light conditions. There is also the Active Self Defense YouTube channel where there are also plenty of night time and low light shootings were the shooters on both ends do not appear to be blinded in anyway.
The military considers minimizing muzzle flash as a pretty important reason for using silencers.
Yet L.E. and most militaries around the world do issue them or use them except for small specialty units. There are solider fighting write now at night in the dark with AKs, ARs, and side arms without a suppressor mounted. I don't recall many military members being issued Beretta 92s, Glock 19s, or Sig M17s or M18s with suppressors. Law enforcement all around the country have had shootings at light in low light without suppressors or going blind.
I wouldn't count on all those factors. Whether your house is not pitch black may be true for your home, but not for everyone. I live in the city, nearest street light is 80yards away. With my blinds closed the only light inside is from the cable tv box and alarm clock. Pitch black also works in MY favor.
If it's pitch black in your home to the point that you can't see your hands in front of your face then you shouldn't be shooting at anyone. Let me get this straight. In your scenario, you're waking up out of your sleep in pitch black darkness too disoriented to grab earmuffs because you'll fumble with them, but you can grab, not fumble with, and operate a firearm still in pitch black darkness, and then while in a disoriented blinded state you're going to use your firearm?
So give some examples that are over exaggerations.
Protecting and minimizing my hearing isn't an exaggeration.
Minimizing muzzle flash isn't an exaggeration.
I gave an example in the paragraph that you snipped the quoted sentence out of. You took a snippet out of my direct reply to a specific claim someone else made in which I went into detail to rebuttal too only to add flip it around and add your own context.