Nobody is denying anyone "Rights". What they are saying is "I don't believe this is safe, and I will not participate in it". Big difference. Nobody is making decisions for anyone. If you are pregnant, with your belly button poking out telling everyone the turkey is done, and want to go to the range nobody is stopping you. People have an absolute RIGHT to dictate what they will or will not participate in. Despite the fact that we do live in a nanny state, it doesn't mean that every law passed to keep people safe is somehow based on junk science.True. At the same time people are very bad risk managers. They tend to overstate the risk of unusual or sensational things (plane crash, mass shooting, pregnant woman at the gun range, omg!) and understate the risk of mundane things (fatty food like fries and burgers, hot/cold weather, chemicals under the sink, the drive to the grocery store). They also tend to think that they are "avoiding" risk, when in fact they are trading one risk for another. The correct answer to most risk management questions is "it depends."
Personally, I blame the state of the country on too many people butting into other peoples lives trying to make decisions for them. When enough buttinskies get together, they pass a law. It's the curse of cushy lives, people do not have enough of their own problems to address, so they try to solve other peoples.
I also find it kind of amusing that 2nd amendment "supporters" think there is some exception for pregnant women. As in: I don't serve pregnant women because they don't have 2nd Amendment rights? Firearms are dangerous. They are dangerous in different ways for different people. MDgunlaws are pretty heavy on the "dont do this for your own good."
There are some small studies sugggesting hearing damage can occur in utero after 24 weeks. There is also the question of lead. While adults can excrete lead pretty nicely and without issue, children handle it differently. There are no studies I can find looking at shooting during pregnancy and lead exposure to the fetus. My professional opinion (and in court I would be considered and expert and pain $600/hour for my testimony) would be to NOT shoot during pregnancy. My advice as a strong 2A advocate and a father would be the same.
Stop with the "trampling on my Rights" nonsense and listen.