All three of them can hit targets at a distance with a rifle and a handgun. Their father taught them.
The one living in England now doesn't get to use her skill, but the oldest and the youngest do.
They have all enjoyed learning to concentrate, to control their breathing. They like the camaraderie of team shooting. There's a group called the Zen Shooters; their slogan is "Be The Bullet". Our local district justice liked it so much, she asked for a hat.
I am reminded that range actually gives a woman an advantage under the right circumstances. More women are injured or killed as a result of domestic violence than any other single cause. A 130 lb. woman has very little chance against a 210 lb. man, especially if he's enraged. A 130 lb. woman with a handgun, trained in its use and with the will to use it, has a much better chance of walking away, because the man won't have as much opportunity to get close enough to beat, choke or bludgeon her.
It doesn't always happen that way. Sometimes the man has the gun, or gets it from her. Sometimes the woman lacks the training. Sometimes she lacks the will. (I couldn't shoot my child.)
Fortunately, all of my girls have chosen good men. I sometimes wonder how much their choices have to do with the self-confidence they developed in their sports activities, including the shooting team.
Just as an aside, I don't shoot, and my son never showed any interest in it either.
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- I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- I noticed that
- The pornography analogy is apt.
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- "I’m sure you can guess where I think gun violence comes from."
- Please proceed.
- Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- Citizens are citizens.
- Gangs of New York
- See? Thread's already dead.
- Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- Please proceed.
- Maybe the problem is the underlying premise that something can always be "done."
- Cooler heads.
- The pornography analogy is apt.
- And yet, you did.
- I noticed that
- Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?