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From: frye@cuuxb.UUCP (frye)
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Subject: Shooting vs. Stabbing and Cutting.
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Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 14:09:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 27 14:09:20 1985
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I have been into shooting for several years (about 10 or 11).
I can assure you folks that I don't like seeing anyone get
shot in a movie or real life. Now, I have never "dropped the
hammer" on anyone but, I have given it a lot of thought. If
you squeeze that trigger, the receiver of your gift will be
gone if your shot hits the right place. There won't be a
thing you can do to change the fact that you put a hole thru
the guy's heart. You can't give him back to his wife and
kids. You can't give her back to her family either. Someone
said something about people not knowing what it's like to
get shot. He's right, I for sure don't know and don't want
to know. If I had to, I could drop that hammer but, there's
nothing in the world that'd make me like doing it. I didn't
even like shooting game when I went hunting but, my family
wasn't rich. The added meat in the larder made the winter
easier for us. Watching that buck hit the ground because
your rifled slug pierced his heart or lungs ain't too pretty.
Also, I'm glad they don't get too detailed in explaining how
a bullet wound looks. Bullets drag parts of clothing through
the hole they make. Bullets break up and hit bone and break
that up too. Sometimes a bullet may as well have been a dose
of number 6 shot as far as the victim is concerned.

With the above thoughts in mind, I believe I'll just stick
to paper targets and competition shooting if I can...and
leave the self defence stuff for the occasion where there
is just no alternative. And, I guess it doesn't really mat-
ter to me how the guy in the movie got his, knife or gun
can make one hell of a mess out of something that used to
be a human being. And I didn't even mention broadhead hunting
arrows, did I? I'll spare ya...



Regards,
Tom Frye

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