That's bad enough, but his agenda is bigger than that. He's a health nazi.
FWIW, I have a trap set up in my basement where I periodically shoot my Rueger .22 pistol and my Beeman Kodiak pellet rifle and have no discernable hearing loss......
Has it been checked with an audiogram?
What?
All kidding aside, occasionally I will participate in an aerobics class at my racquetball club and will have to use ear plugs because she plays the music so loud. It is even louder on a constant basis that what I deal with at a shotgun range..........
Several years ago I was going to obtain a sound meter from our safety manager at my plant just to check out the sound level but I never got around to it........