"Goals:
To be confident and competent enough with a rifle to be able to hit anything I can see in a Jovian Thunderbolt kind of way.
To be able to defend myself with a handgun.
To perhaps harvest some tasty venison with either a rifle or a shotgun, any skin or antler is just a nice bonus, here.
And, if necessary: To Defend the Ramparts of Democracy from a Level 4 Zombie Outbreak [...]"
Das gefällt mir. ;-) Weder Olympiasieger noch "White Hunter" oder Scharfschütze in einer Spezialeinheit, sondern einfach ein guter Schütze in jeder Lebenslage (wobei hier das englische Wort Rifleman vielleicht treffender ist, denn beim deutschen "Schützen" denkt man unwillkürlich nur an einen Sportschützen).
Bedenkenswert ist auch dieser Beitrag über elitäre Waffenbesitzer, die dazu neigen, in allen anderen Waffenbesitzern - außer sich selbst natürlich - eine Gefahr für die öffentliche Sicherheit zu sehen:
"Do you have a friend or associate that you KNOW is a gun owner, but you think they should never have been allowed to get a gun?
I mean they have no record, and they aren’t THAT crazy, so there is no real legal reason to deny them. Maybe they inherited a revolver. But you know their character, and you wouldn't trust them to properly use a toilet responsibly. Or maybe they are a total klutz and accident prone, uncoordinated. They are KNOWN to total a car because of incompetence on multiple occasions.
Perhaps it would be best if they got rid of that firearm. Some people aren’t ‘adult’ enough yet, by any 'objective' judgment.
Yeah. That’s a snobby, elitist attitude, isn’t it? That kind of thought process is the road to tyranny. Guard against it. Who are YOU to judge? Maybe your instincts are right and that gun owner is an irresponsible powder keg, an accident waiting to happen. Well, statistics say otherwise, so stop trying to be your brother’s keeper.
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Bedauernswerterweise kann man diese Einstellung auch unter deutschen Waffenbesitzern immer wieder antreffen. Das schlimme daran ist: diese Leute merken oft nicht einmal, wie egoistisch, absurd und/oder weltfremd ihre Haltung ist. Und wie sie sich selbst damit auf indirektem Weg schaden.
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