Pax Jordana,
Some bulls needs re-routing
ara Slingshots are pointed - not aimed.
These were a Rite of Passage growing up in my day, and I am one of many that continues to pass this Rite of Passage forward - with a homemade slingshot.
Fun? You Betcha!
These also meant a kid, had come along and earned some respect, and responsibility - and instilled some life lessons, about being responsible, about ethics, values and other qualities of being a member of Society.
This transitioned to BBGuns, .22 rifles pocketknives ...and all through life's transitions.
Serious Use? You Betcha!
I was born with a knack (quite a few, some good bad, some I wonder about the statue of limitations..and some....)
Mentor said when I could hit a rock he tossed into the air, I was ready to start felling birds in flight.
His first rock he tossed, I hit.
I did this five times in a row, and then "aw hell, lets see if you can hit a dove leaving the roost"
I felled 3 doves using rocks.
Just rocks, and taking doves, squirrels, and even small rabbits.
Pest control - These being quiet, and being shot near a raccoon we did not want to hurt, but to get out of the trash.
Rabid Raccoon on the other hand, will quit doing what he/she is doing,and get a dirt nap.
Heck shoot at a deer in the garden, just close, and the deer leaves..
Serious Use? Civil Unrest, firebombs, guns, really nasty and ugly and a homemade slingshot, with rocks, will stop an immediate threat.
Pointed - not aimed.
No night sights on these things either.
Just a rock from a homemade slingshot and a BG will drop a firebomb, a rifle, if you hit the elbow or let of a girl he has grabbed and ripped her blouse open hitting a knee cap.
Fun? Yeah, just like everything else as a kid.
Correct Basic fundamentals
Fit of tool to user
No known Gun Schools, Knife Schools, Sling Shot Schools, Hickory Axe Handle Schools...
But my Slingshot was fun, my pocketknives were fun, my hickory axe handle was fun batting rocks and tossing bullchips, and my very own .22 pistol -were fun.
Lessons transitioned from "fun" allowed me and kids like me to stop serious threats with slingshots, axe handles, knives and handguns/firearms.
Product of my raisin' and of the times - might explain why I put so much stock into Software not Hardware.