if it takes you 20 shots to neutralize a threat at point-blank, I don’t think you should be allowed to own a gun
Fun thing in Australia, you don’t need to be able to hit a target to get a gun licence. Licences tests are more focused on firearm safety.
I’d say being able to hit an intended target and not just praying and spraying is part of firearm safety. Errant bullets can cause a lot of damage. It’s been over a decade since I’ve owned a firearm but it wasn’t for nothing that one of the four fundamental rules of firearm safety I was taught is “be sure of your target and what’s behind it”.
in the firearm safety course, you learn not to shoot if there’s anything behind the target you do not intend to destroy. Even if you hit the target, the bullet can pass through it. So it really makes no difference for gun safety whether you hit.
Me, an old west cowboy exiting a salon: “Would be a shame if I had to draw this here hip-iron.”
Varment Buscadero Up to No Good pointing his own pistol right at my chest: “Draw, you yellow-bellied sarsaparilla swillin’ son of a gun. Imma gonna plug you good and proper, 'for ah take that there horse.”
As the fastest gun in the west, I smoothly withdraw my six-shooter and plant all six rounds perfectly through his chest before he can even twitch his trigger finger.
“Gosh darnit. Them ammo rounds worth more than mah old sway-back, Trixie. Gonna have to visit the old general store and spend mah last plugged nickel, fore ah mosey on outta this here pig swallow.”
20 rounds of 5.7x28 are like what, 10 to 30 bucks when bought in bulk? I don’t know how that contrasts with carrying a $700 gun around.
Uh because the gun isn’t consumable and the ammo is???
Look at this guy, carrying around a used gun.
