A six shooter?!

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Yesterday my friend from work took me to a shooting range. I think it’s his personal goal to convert all the liberals he knows into gun carrying NRA members. I had never shot a gun, so I agreed to go. He showed me all the ins and outs of the guns he owned and that we would shoot. He has a 9mm and a .357 revolver. I was actually excited to learn something about guns. But once I had a loaded 9mm in my hands, I pretty much felt nothing but terror.
Even after I got used to shooting the guns, I was still scared of them. Every time I shot I was surprised and wanted to scream like a...well, like a girl. I’m not sure why I didn’t find it a very satisfying activity. I was a little disappointed that I felt only slightly bad ass as I loaded the clip into the handle of the 9.

Although, I was surprisingly not half bad, I managed to hit the target, and if it had been a real person, he would have bled out eventually, or at the very least would have been scared. I was good at liver or spleen shots. Then my friend took a turn and hit 6 head shots in a row.
I’m sure that going to the range once is a good life experience. I’m very sure that the pictures of me will be hilarious once I get them back. I’m also very sure that I don’t want or need a gun. But at least now if I find myself in a shoot out or car chase with a rogue international criminal, and they hand me one of these guns, I could probably hold my own.

Oh yeah, in the "live free or die" state, you can conceal a weapon for only $15. How comforting.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I am very glad that in the UK we have reasonably strict laws regarding guns, and that a shooting is a rare enough event to make the national news most of the time. They scare the crap outta me!
11 March, 2007
Ambulance Driver said…
"Oh yeah, in the "live free or die" state, you can conceal a weapon for only $15. How comforting."

Of course, criminals can, and do, conceal their weapons for free. The folks who shelled out the $15 aren't who you should fear.
23 March, 2007
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