One thing that can be said about me without equivocation is that I am a shooter. I'm into Guns, God, and Guts. I believe in doing the hard work for liberty, saying what needs to be said without fear, and protecting my life, property, and spiritual life with firearms if I have to.
I love to shoot. And I take great pleasure in saying that I have never had to fire my weapon at a human being after all of these years. I hope I can make it the rest of the way without having to do so.
I also learned the hard way just how precious is our most precious asset as shooters-our eyesight.
No, I didn't fail to wear eye protection. I developed an eye problem in mid-life that has given me fits. I know the value of our eyes. This is why it is vital that shooters protect their vision.
Nobody drives this point home any better than Brigid at Home on the Range. Here, she describes in great detail not only the importance of wearing eye protection but how to shop for the best eye-wear for the shooter.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
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I'm no stripe of a shooter (well, except maybe the fact that, figuratively, I always shoot from the hip and keep on moving, LOL), but with the advent of my fourth decade (12 years ago now) to roam the earth, I began having trouble with my vision which had up until that time been as perfect as anyone could hope. Now I need reading glasses to read anything less than a half-inch high, unless I am in extremely strong light. Ah well. At least I still have my mind! I think ...
Jennifer,
My eye problem stems from a chronic inflammatory disorder, so it's not really age (ha!).
I wore glasses before I got this stuff, but now I have to go running to a retina specialist every time there is the slightest change in vision so we can 'nip it in the bud,' so to speak.
Getting old? Nahhh. Younger people get this too, unfortunately. Ugh!
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