On Sunday, 21 April 2013 18:48:34 UTC+1, GastonP wrote:
> We now know that we must be careful not to upset him :D
>
It takes an awful lot to upset me, really ! BTW, I'm English and live in
the countryside - I used to do .22 and full bore target shooting because my
mother was a nation level competition shot, but for the last 25 years I've
just shot clays ("sporting" & "skeet") and the occasional pheasant,
walked-up with the dogs. The .22 is used for vermin control - mainly the
odd rabbit. I actually really don't like killing things at all... The whole
concept of "driven" game shoots, for instance, I could never do - for a
start there is no sport in it, and secondly its cruel beyond belief.
We have a basic rule in the house - if you shoot an animal, generally you
have to eat it - I say "generally" as if you kill a diseased animal for
humane reasons, e.g. a rabbit with myxomatosis, then that's allowed.
Having spent many years as a range safety officer (and having seen an
accident or two), I never even let our kids have toy guns as the idea of
pointing even a plastic gun at a person is completely alien - consequently
I'm very very pro gun control and paranoid about safety.
FWIW, I never got into the "reloading" thing - far too intense !
Nick
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