Zaydok Allen
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- Feb 12, 2011
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We are trying to apply a blanket "culture" to what future gun owners will care about and pursue. If I've learned anything about gun ownership attitudes, it's that attitudes and interests evolve over time. Where I once only cared about defensive shooting at short distances, now I want to hit a steel plate at 50 yards with a snub nosed revolver. I now care about long range shooting. I now have a high interest in pistol caliber carbines.
THR has taught me that even though we all enjoy and use firearms, our interests are so varied that to try and place us in one category makes little sense.
Bottom line, I believe the shooting sports will continue in all of their varied aspects and disciplines. I believe guns bought now and inherited by future shooters will spur interest in shooting aspects the younger generation hadn't thought about. I believe sites like THR and other web based forums, and social media apps will increase communications between shooters in the long run, further expending people's interests.
I see a diverse gun culture where people have varied interests, just like today. Defense will continue to be a high priority, especially given the political rhetoric and the media's emphasis on negative, violent events. I believe collecting will take a bit of a down turn, and antique guns will drop in value as the newer generation seems more interested in working 40 hours and then having a busy personal life, rather than working to make as much money as possible like many people in my generation. The focus will be on guns they shoot, rather than guns they like to have.
Just this morning I heard that the Federal Government is bringing forward lawsuits against thousands of individuals a year because they aren't paying their federal student loans back. It's hard to collect guns when you are buried in debt.
THR has taught me that even though we all enjoy and use firearms, our interests are so varied that to try and place us in one category makes little sense.
Bottom line, I believe the shooting sports will continue in all of their varied aspects and disciplines. I believe guns bought now and inherited by future shooters will spur interest in shooting aspects the younger generation hadn't thought about. I believe sites like THR and other web based forums, and social media apps will increase communications between shooters in the long run, further expending people's interests.
I see a diverse gun culture where people have varied interests, just like today. Defense will continue to be a high priority, especially given the political rhetoric and the media's emphasis on negative, violent events. I believe collecting will take a bit of a down turn, and antique guns will drop in value as the newer generation seems more interested in working 40 hours and then having a busy personal life, rather than working to make as much money as possible like many people in my generation. The focus will be on guns they shoot, rather than guns they like to have.
Just this morning I heard that the Federal Government is bringing forward lawsuits against thousands of individuals a year because they aren't paying their federal student loans back. It's hard to collect guns when you are buried in debt.
