Does Shooting Guns Lower Blood Pressure?
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Shooting Guns At The Range Lowers Blood Pressure?
What effect does shooting a gun at the range have on your blood pressure? Will it increase or decrease after a shooting session. I did my own quick little test to see what effect shooting guns had on my blood pressure.
I started my test by measuring my blood pressure at home immediately before going to the range. I again measured it in the range parking lot (before shooting), in the parking lot (after shooting), upon my arrival at home and a few hour later at home. The results are as follows.
| CONDITION | BLOOD PRESSURE | |
| When I first woke up | LOW | |
| Before going to the range (at home) | BORDERLINE | |
| In the range parking lot (before) | HIGH | |
| In the range parking lot (after) | BORDERLINE | |
| Upon arrival at home | NORMAL |
MY CONCLUSION
The anticipation of shooting guns causes blood pressure to rise. Blood pressure quickly returns to normal after the shooting session is over.






