The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #79271   Message #1438461
Posted By: Rapparee
19-Mar-05 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: They sure breed them young
Subject: RE: BS: They sure breed them young
If handling a gun gives you a feeling of power and euphoria you shouldn't have one and shouldn't be allowed near them.

As for target shooting, I am a target shooting. When I sight I see a black speck, and I am trying to send a 40-grain peice of lead into the very center of that speck. I try to do this several times -- to send one bullet into the hole made by the previous one. To do this, I need to "shoot between heartbeats" while taking into account the wind's force and direction, changing light conditions, the trajectory of the bullet at the known distance to the target, and compensate for the minute differences in cartridges. The concentration required is total, and I can only compare it to Zen archery (if you're an archer you'll understand). Sorry, but there is no room for fantasy.

Boab, your neighbors never disgraced their weapons. I would that those in my country could say the same -- and I repeat my earlier assertion: there are no accidents with weapons, only carelessness.