I have several. I carry them on occasion. Shooting at night is not a problem. Im not worried about close combat burns or anything like that. The only real difference will probably be your ears bleeding after shooting it. These things are LOUD. Unless you are going up against hundreds of zombies I would say its a non issue also. To be honest if you are put in a situation to actually pull and use your CC, chances are you are not going to notice any of these things.