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Jon Stewart: Grand Theft Semi-Auto

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Dark_Falcon1/18/2013 10:44:04 pm PST

re: #203 William Barnett-Lewis

If you have any serious interest in self defense, your annual round count rapidly goes through the roof.

Shooting is much like photography or writing. To get good at it requires so many thousands of repetitions that I can’t count them. I have only been shooting since I was 10. Photography since I was 18. I don’t consider myself all that good at either as I glare at my upcoming 50th… Thankfully for my ego I think better of my writing, though my photography isn’t horrible. OTOH, I am grateful that most hunting only requires being able to hit a 9” circle at 100 yards…

Point worthy of mentioning: A responsible, law-abiding gun owner who practices twice a month will likely fire far more rounds through a 9mm pistol he owns for self defense than will a drug dealer armed with the same model. The lawful owner has the greater skill, but in large part this is because he practices. But because he also takes better care of his gun and does not use it for crime, his gun is likely to last a long time, whereas the thugs gun will likely end up being destroyed by the police.