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During the draft, I tried to enlist but was classified 4F. For you young'uns, that meant that uncle sam would take women, children and dead dogs before they would take me. So, that meant no military training for me.
A friends dad taught me to shoot a 410 when I was 14. I have loved shooting sports since then. Most everything from there I learned from trial and error. I became proficient in skeet, sporting clays and pistols on the range. After I moved to Texas, I found competitive shooting. I shot IPSC. I got to the point where I managed to stay in the middle of the pack in score. Recently I found an outstanding instructor and found that I have many years of bad habits to overcome. I am getting to the range more and keeping up with my training now.
For those of you with no military training, I strongly suggest you find a good instructor. Forget the movies, watch the news. When someone stupid decides to have a shoot out with the police or gangland gun battles, many bullets are fired but few are hit. In a stressful situation you shoot at your level of proficiency. There is a major difference between taking your time and killing a paper target and having to shoot under pressure. Once you get pretty decent then find a place to shoot competitive. Participating in this type of event is timed and you feel some pressure, something you cannot experience at the range. This will give you an idea how you will react under pressure. True gun control is hitting what you aim at. This takes practice.
A friends dad taught me to shoot a 410 when I was 14. I have loved shooting sports since then. Most everything from there I learned from trial and error. I became proficient in skeet, sporting clays and pistols on the range. After I moved to Texas, I found competitive shooting. I shot IPSC. I got to the point where I managed to stay in the middle of the pack in score. Recently I found an outstanding instructor and found that I have many years of bad habits to overcome. I am getting to the range more and keeping up with my training now.
For those of you with no military training, I strongly suggest you find a good instructor. Forget the movies, watch the news. When someone stupid decides to have a shoot out with the police or gangland gun battles, many bullets are fired but few are hit. In a stressful situation you shoot at your level of proficiency. There is a major difference between taking your time and killing a paper target and having to shoot under pressure. Once you get pretty decent then find a place to shoot competitive. Participating in this type of event is timed and you feel some pressure, something you cannot experience at the range. This will give you an idea how you will react under pressure. True gun control is hitting what you aim at. This takes practice.