The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #130146 Message #2927099
Posted By: Rapparee
13-Jun-10 - 07:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Shooting enthusiasts only
Subject: RE: BS: Shooting enthusiasts only
Likewise, Dan. Likewise.
Why do people think cops get counseling after having to shoot and kill someone? Why do railroad engineers get counseling after hitting someone, even though it is not their fault? Why is the military doing a helluva lot more for the mental as well as the physical health of people in the service?
Unless you have severe mental problems, killing another human being isn't a video game. It's blood and guts and brains and bone shattered and spewed out on the patient Earth. Ask an EMT, ask a firefighter, ask a cop. Ask someone who has heard the "crack!" of a bullet being fired at him or her, or someone who has held a head-shot or gut-shot buddy in their arms and watched as the light went out.