I was at a friend's farm back in the 1980s and was asked if I wanted to try shooting with a rifle at tin cans on a fencepost. I did, and one thing television and films doesn't usually show is the power of the kick-back. I had a bruised shoulder. I did well, but not enough to make me want to own one.
My brother has rifles and goes deer and duck hunting most years, but refuses to own a handgun.
I used to shoot every weekend, and owned two lovely shotguns, a side-by-side Beretta for clays (which I never got along with particularly well - it was a very smooth gun, but heavy and poorly balanced, as clay guns often are), and an over-and-under AYA for game that was stunning - it was like holding a greyhound.
Re your last question. If I were in my house with my kids, someone was trying to get at us with intent and I happened to have a gun in my hand, yes I would both threaten to use it and follow through if required. Basically if I were defending my family (and to a slightly lesser extent myself) I would use whatever was at my disposal to do so.
However, I don't beleive in private gun ownership and wouldn't choose to have a firearm in the home unless we were facing some sort of Mad Max style breakdown of society.
i went clay pigeon shooting 3 weeks ago as it happens. i only managed to hit the pigeon twice but i had such a brilliant time! i would def do it again as well as target shooting (have done before with airguns and pistols). and i've ALWAYS wanted to learn archery so hell yeah, bring on the bows and crossbows. :D
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