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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: This Is Nuts [View all]azureblue
(2,732 posts)it's about knowing how to aim the thing. I grew up in the hunting culture of the deep south, and my friends and I were drilled with gun safety and marksmanship. Your rights, your permit, don't mean a thing if you can hit what you are pointing at, in the heat of the moment / hunt. Marksmanship skills are applicable no matter what the situation is hunting or self defense. I've known some CCW guys who did stupid things like hold the gun with their finger resting on the trigger. Stupid. And they got their permits with minimal marksmanship skills, that were little more like throwing a lot of lead at a piece of hanging paper, and no real world situations. You can holler about your right to own a gun all you want to, but if you can't aim the thing, you are dangerous to your self and others. If you think that a rapid fire weapon will make you better, then you are admitting you can't hit the proverbial broad side of barn.