Drove by a gun store last night

[dmallind]

9. What, exactly, does being overweight do to inhibit marksmanship?

It's a routine truism on DU that fat people are somehow less capable with guns than lean folks. There is absolutely no reason to suspect this is so. I don't think the idea is being able to run marathons. I think it's the scoffing crowd who have the absurd fantasies here that using guns somehow necessitates being able to carry on a two-day mountain assault with 65lb packs. In reality unless your fingers are too fat to fit through a trigger guard, your weight has bugger all to do with how much skill and effectiveness you can bring to bear with firearms.

As far as silly Red Dawn fantasies go, here again the error seems to be on the side of those who see uselessness and adiposity linked. The Afghans have been holding off armed forces quite well. While no doubt most Afghan peasants are wiry coves in fact, can anybody point out which tactics of theirs requires great aerobic fitness? They are not exactly sprinting miles and then outrunning drones that respond are they?