Havegunjoe
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It is too bad that this guy had a bad experience shooting but that is not what bothers me the most. It could have been better handled but I don't think anything would have helped much with him. I have done things I have never done before but I don't think I have quaked, shivered, and twitched as much as this guy. A few weeks ago my step-son let me drive his big farm tractor. I was nervous but not shaking in my boots. The first time I drove a car out on a busy highway as a teenager I was nervous but not terrified for Pete's sake. My 5'2" wife never fired a gun until she met me. She jumped the first few times but after that it was no problem. She doesn't shoot by the way except once in a very long while.
"I squeeze off shot after shot, jumping at the sound of each one. Some people feel powerful with a pistol in their hand; I feel terror." I did not grow up around guns, didn't own one until I was 21 as a matter of fact. But God in Heaven please tell me that this guy is not representative of the men in this country now-a-days. "Every few seconds I violently twitch as another gun is fired; even with ear protection the noise is deafening."
I am not trying to pretend that I am Mr. Brave. If faced with a potential lethal threat I will try to run like a jackrabbit if possible. But this guy redefines manhood in a very bad way.
"I squeeze off shot after shot, jumping at the sound of each one. Some people feel powerful with a pistol in their hand; I feel terror." I did not grow up around guns, didn't own one until I was 21 as a matter of fact. But God in Heaven please tell me that this guy is not representative of the men in this country now-a-days. "Every few seconds I violently twitch as another gun is fired; even with ear protection the noise is deafening."
I am not trying to pretend that I am Mr. Brave. If faced with a potential lethal threat I will try to run like a jackrabbit if possible. But this guy redefines manhood in a very bad way.