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Originally Posted by MrPots
I'm not sure anyone really cares anymore.
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I will go on the record as being burned out on the shooting and gun debate bullshit in this country.
In high school I had an electronics teacher that was also an Army reservist. We got into an argument as to why I like to shoot guns. My position was that I enjoyed the physics of how to put projectiles in the bullseye. He told me bullshit, what was really in my mind was that I wanted to perfect shooting someone.
His position struck me as odd. Perhaps he did not know that my grandfather was a competitive shooter and I was raised on paper targets. My Army father also scolded me for pointing a pistol hand gesture at people on TV. As an Army brat I have a black/white level of contrast between paper targets and human targets.
Back to my teacher and his position that shooting practice is for killing. If I put myself in his shoes then I might know what it is like to be shot at and be forced to return fire. A lot of the world would make sense then, e.g. professional concealed carry instructors teaching their students to not shoot unless a weapon is pointed at them; the old saying of don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes, etc. But I have never been in his shoes. I have never been forced to shoot accurately at someone that is pointing a weapon at me.
Instead, as a responsible gun owner, I am forced to fight with words and explain what might make a person shoot first. My suspicion is that shooters feel like they are out of options as to how to contribute to society, so they choose martyrdom.
If leaders are seriously interested in reducing shootings then they need to work together to provide meaningful work for their citizens and employees. By meaningful work I mean work that pays bills through arm length transactions. Volunteer work, by my definition, is not meaningful. It does not pay bills. However volunteer workers do provide guidance for leaders as to what kind of jobs are meaningful.
Please don't shoot me for hating on the spirit of the Thousand Points of Light.