Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Died by Suicide

Re:Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Di... by financltravsty on Monday July 01, 2024 @11:19PM (#40853252)

An interesting thought popped off in my head: what if it does, and the crowd that leans heavily into enthusiast firearm usage is giving themselves micro-TBIs -- could that over the years create certain changes in personality and psychological workings that lead to certain, similar outcomes? E.g. could it be correlated with political affiliation?

Don't read into it too much, though. This isn't snark or passive aggression, just genuine interest.

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Re:Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Di... by magicalhippo on Monday July 01, 2024 @11:48PM (#40853381)

The thing I suspect will prevent this from being an issue for sports shooters is that I'm not sure the energy in typical sport shooting calibers is enough to induce micro-TBIs.

Sports shooters who shoot larger calibers, ie a 7.62 NATO or higher in terms of sound energy, are typically shooting relatively few rounds at a time. Those who shoot a lot of rounds typically shoot smaller calibers.

Now, I think you might have a point when it comes to competitive practical/dynamic shooters[1], who shoot open division with hot .40 super loads or similar. Especially those, like in my club, who train a lot in indoor ranges.

However these would make up a relatively small percentage of the overall recreational shooters out there I imagine.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_shooting

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Re:Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Di... by abraae on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:07AM (#40853944)

I did a lot of clay target shooting with 12 gauge shotgun when I was young. That involves a lot of shots each session with pretty powerful cartridges, I'd suspect it is more deleterious than target shooting, even with large calibre guns.

Don't know about micro-TBIs but it sure fucked up my hearing.

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Re:Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Di... by nottorp on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @03:21AM (#40854292)

One may also try to correlate this with the rate of violent crime in first world countries...

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