Hap- sorry you feel that way. Have all the shooters you've been around been tactical timmys? Maybe it was it your military experience or maybe some personal negative experience? Not really asking, just saying that that is your business and understand that your personal assessment.

If you ever get a chance to get around real shooters who approach the sport and tools like a golfer to his sport and gear, and not wannabe keyboard warriors, it is a whole different world and is a lot of fun with some really good people.... Believe it or not it is kind of like surfing, an yes like surfing there are a small number of kooks, too.

Sporting Clays, Trap, Skeet, Metallic Silhouette with both handgun (out to 200m!) and rifle, precision rifle (try shooting poker chips at 2-300 yards with a .22), action pistol stuff like USPSA, IDPA, SASS, Steel Challenge, Action Steel, blackpowder, F-Class precision rifle....all that stuff is a truckload of fun and requires a real skill set that needs to be honed by practice. The people who shoot these sports are not homogeneous, they come from every corner of society you can think of...men, women, and all income levels (it doesn't really take that much money to play) and they aren't all Trump supporters. Many think he is a dick.

When I lived out west I was a director at a club and a local news station wanted to do a shooting sport story because of some pending legislation. I was tasked with assembling a team and presenting what we do and what we really are. The local reporter was not a gun person at all and walked in with a pretty negative attitude. But she came in with an open mind and by the end of the afternoon she was having so much fun shooting steel plates and clays she was obviously disappointed when we had to wind things down. The story she put on the air was pretty neutral, but she did return and apologize and let us know her producers did not think she was going to enjoy it.

If you get the desire reach out to one of us on this thread and I bet something could be arranged that would let you see the good side of shooting. Just something to consider.

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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC - KV

What bamboo said 100%. I'm not interested in competition, but shooting is a great stress relief for me because I can compete against myself. If i ever used a gun in anger would be the last day I could shoot for fun. Some guys are compensating, but most of us are having fun and challenging ourselves to focus, breath, squeeze...

Hit me up if you want to check it out.

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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

I've done it all and shot it all. I used to love skeet and trap. I was also in the military, and shot everything from an m-16 to a howitzer. Nobody ruined my views on them. I have no interest in them anymore. I just feel they are useless and we need to evolve away from them. The world would be better without them. But, sorry forgot to add, thanks for your consideration. I just have no need.

Edited: 01/18/2020 at 09:19 PM by HAPDigital

Oh that is a great scene. Forgot about that one. At first I thought this was going to be some weird Walking Dead Breaking Bad mash up. Forgot that guy from TWD was in this scene of Better Call Saul. Glad I watched the clip lol

...and don't forget his QUIVER of .45's and that CRATE of ammo!

Bumboo IS one of one of those 'small number' of kooks!

FACT!

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I feel safer with people like Bamboo having guns than maniacs like FK.

Fair enough, thanks.

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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC - KV

Because he's a commie just like you!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Anyone with common sense seems like a commie to you.

Well your absolute lie that Bumboo OR you have common sense......

Bwahahahahahahaha!

Pathological liar!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

I never waived my dick around and never would wave a gun. It's an enjoyable hobby and getting accurate has been a slow, enjoyable process. Guns are like surfboards. Some work for others and don't work for you and some are just magic. My masculinity is not tied to it and I don't dress the part or cover my car with stickers or wear shirts/ hats with gun logos. It's not an identity for me and it's not who I am. It's like surfing. It's something I do. Hap, I think we just disagree on this one and that happens.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

CRAPDigital waves his dick around....DAILY!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

FK is Jealous

My son and I worked for and hour or two at sighting in a new scope for the .308 at the range the other day. He wanted it to blow up watermelons from distance, which is basically the same thing I did as a kid, so we are just continuing the family tradition. Personally, I like plinking with the 22; it's cheaper, hurts less, yet still requires some skill.

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I was right.

Nobody is jealous of your 2 inches.

Everyone's seen it on this forum.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Edited: 01/20/2020 at 10:33 AM by Fish Killer

FK is obsessed with my penis. Go figure...

Edited: 01/20/2020 at 01:05 PM by HAPDigital

If you haven't been, check out an Appleseed event.

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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

Nobody is obsessed with your 2 inch dick....

except you!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

He can't stop posting his fantasies. I bet he does it again. OCD go go go!

I have him on ignore but o knew this thread would draw him out. It doesn't take much to guess at his predictable stupidity.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.