An interesting scenario at my place today. My son came out with a group of his workplace buddies to do some shooting. They were mostly current and former National Guard members. They all had various configurations of 5.56 guns. In my opinion, their skills were nominal at best. About 300 yards was all most could handle consistently. There was one of them that could hit a few times out to 500. I have shootable range out to 900 with steel hung out to 850. They started asking me if I shot those distant targets, and what it would take for them to shoot that far. Before I opened my mouth, I caught myself. I simply played dumb by replying that I have friends that come out and shoot that stuff, and I really didn't know the details.
The interesting part was when I began asking them questions like: "If you were commanded to open fire on US citizens who were defending their own constitutional rights, what would you do?" A few of them had to think about it. I was a bit surprised at this.
Considering today's political and social climate, would you advertise any particular "skills" you might have to people you really didn't know? In my paranoid mind, I sometimes think that when the SHTF, those are the people they would come after first.
The interesting part was when I began asking them questions like: "If you were commanded to open fire on US citizens who were defending their own constitutional rights, what would you do?" A few of them had to think about it. I was a bit surprised at this.
Considering today's political and social climate, would you advertise any particular "skills" you might have to people you really didn't know? In my paranoid mind, I sometimes think that when the SHTF, those are the people they would come after first.
). Kind of a shame because we need to bring more people into the shooting sports but you don't know if their asking all those questions out of genuine interest or to stab you in the back.
