Valid, and to clarify, nearly all of target shooting has been handguns. I'm not a hunter, so I haven't had that much experience with long guns, which are much more complicated. Handguns are generally just point and shoot. The safety is the only real complication.

I got a lot of my experience in a buddy's basement. He was jeweler, and his workbench was in this enormous basement of his ranch house. It was so long, that he actually set up a shooting gallery in it, firing at targets taped onto a big box of old phone books. He'd work on jewelry, and I'd shoot until I got bored, and then I'd go dig through his box of loose jewels, and look for the prettiest ones. I love rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. I think I'm off topic here, nice talking to you.