Taking the kids to the gun range to shoot

BallisticWookie · 08-14-2002, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by FWB

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Originally Posted by BallisticWookie

Wolf-Man, that Australians, guns = aggression bullshit is exactly why us sporting shooters are shunned or looked down upon. What, do you think all people who own weapons are trigger happy lunatics ?? People have terrible misconceptions about why we shoot and own weapons. It's not for defence it's not for attack, it's for fun, pleasure, and getting outdoors and having a blast. Theres nothing quite like lining up your sights on a target, pulling the trigger and finding you hit dead center, it's a great feeling.

This is my problem. I think there is something wrong with someone who gets pleasure out of shooting a gun. I honestly believe it is a power issue. You can criticise me all you want for that, but it is how I feel.

As I said, guns are designed, were created for one purpose and one purpose only.... to kill. This is where it differs from your car argument. No offense, but I really don't care whether your sport suffers due to control, if one life is saved from it.

A power issue over what ?? What power am I supposed to be feeling holding a piece a metal ?? Have you ever held and fired a weapon before ?? I doubt it, so I really doubt you understand what you are talking about. Yes they are an instrument of death, but our purpose is not to dish out death and destruction. We are SPORTING shooters, we dont kill anything, we shoot paper targets which dont represent anything living, just a round circle with numbers on it.

I care that a sport I am involved in is being destroyed by anti gun lobbyists who dont have the slightest fucking clue what they are talking about when they are directing insults toward the responsible gun owners. We arent hurting anyone, we mind our own business, we shoot in highly regulated and monitered environments, there are always range and safety officers present (my Father is a range officer) and we all know the dangers that are present when shooting. We are responsible, we take care of visitors who come along and watch, we offer them our weapons to shoot briefly (while watching them like hawks) and we make it clear that guns are deadly and we make no exceptions to that.

If you dont like the fact that we shoot guns for fun and relaxation, then sorry, no offence, but I dont care either. What I dont get is that you play games that represent realistically (in the loosest sense) what guns can do, and you come on here spouting crap about how bad and dangerous they are and that you cant stand them. If you dont like guns, dont have anything to do with them and dont play anything that allows you to shoot people, because as far as I am concerned, thats pretty damn hypocritical on your part.