Shooting of the Day
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Absolutely.
And clearly part of the problem is the lack of education about guns.
I learnt to shoot (and still shoot) .22 target rifle with one of these. They're cumbersome, ugly, and bloody heavy. They are single shot, bolt action which means manual reloading after each shot.
http://www.targetshooting.co.nz/…
I do this at a registered rifle club, as you might expect.Recently the club has bought some of these rifles:
They use the same ammunition as the rifle I use, but are far less accurate. No matter, they look COOL. And they're semi automatic (they reload after each shot, but do not then fire automatically). So you just keep pulling the trigger until the magazine is empty. They look like the guns you get in video games.The club I attend is, frankly, full of weirdos and all kinds of people you wouldn't want anywhere near a gun, who just like to come down and shoot guns. They're not particularly interested in the discipline or skill of shooting. And given the choice between learning to shoot on an old single shot rifle or one of these assault rifle look-a-likes which do you think they choose?
My point being that learning to shoot on those old single-shot guns must give you a completely different attitude to gun use, than doing so on an AR lookalike, however much safety advice you receive.
I relayed my concerns about this to a club official who looked at me like I was a moron.