Aside from your advice to find an opportunity to expose oneself to the concussive force of artillery fire, it appears that you meant to answer “no” to this question:

> Could this problem also be affecting civilian gun enthusiasts?

Since you are clear that you do not think that civilian gun enthusiasts could be affected because they

> shoot a handgun with earplugs in

I thank you for your service for sharing your advice on how to become invulnerable to gun fire. Without that I might have doubted your expertise on this issue of brain damage from concussive force