Own all the guns, can't shoot straight 
The gun culture in US is gun culture, not shooting culture
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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I suspect the rate of gun wankers in the US that consistently go shooting is similar to that of truck wankers who actually use their truck for towing
I think most of the gun owners shoot them, it's fun
It's just more watermelons, soda bottles and tannerite and less a 6*6" cardboard 300 yards away
Nah this is facts. Every gun enthusiast I've ever known except for myself, the person I consider the platonic 'other half of my coin', and my uncle in law have been can-plinkers. Not even ballistic gel-- though in fairness, in the case of the gun enthusiasts I've known that I'm not related to, I'd be worried if they were shooting at ballistic gel dummies anyway.
Yes. The south has almost no public land to shoot. Because everyone is broke but has a shit ton of guns, and the only places are indoors, the rules are very restrictive. You can find many threads of gunowners from blue states being surprised when they move to Texas because they were promised no taxes (just very high property taxes to offset the others lol) and unlimited gun freedom
Turns out they are indeed guaranteed the right to be a gun consumer. They just can’t shoot the gun lol.
Owning a lot of guns but being bad at using them is more American than you think
So many gunowners talking of having an “EDC rotation” or getting the latest and shiniest glock release or whatever instead of putting learning to shoot
If you watch on NBC you'd never know because they only show events that Americans win. I was kind of stoked yesterday when they covered table tennis. But then I saw the match was between a yank and a guy from Moldova. The American crushed the dude every game. The announcers washed his balls the entire match, aside from a little mention of the dude getting suspended for ghosting three consecutive drug tests. I'd actually watch if they'd show random events with no commentary. 
Edit: if you want huck your phone through a windows, Google "team usa Olympians failed drug test" Results are about Chinese swimmers
The announcers washed his balls the entire match, aside from a little mention of the dude getting suspended for ghosting three consecutive drug tests.
Yeah that's not fishy at all.
Edit: if you want huck your phone through a windows, Google "team usa Olympians failed drug test" Results are about Chinese swimmers
Why I'm glad I'm not watching the Olympics with my family past couple days. They won't shut up about how clearly the only reason China is good at any sport has to be doping.
Meanwhile my dad thinks the worst any US athlete can be on is weed so we're very clearly not doping.
In Soviet North China etc
What do PEDs for table tennis even look like?
Probably ADD meds
Also steroids are good for recovery along with gaining muscle
They spend more money on toys for their guns instead of training
That's what drone strikes are for sweetie.
VOLUMES
USians: "Political power grows out of WHAT?!"
In the words of /k/'s Ivan, it's because they fuck it. Half these chuds need a fuckin laser pointer to put a bullet on target. Picatinny rails for all kinds of tacticool bullshit that gets their dicks hard in Battlefield but ain't never once zeroed their iron sights, have no idea how to zero their reflex and ACOG sights. They get all this stupid-assed civilian-oriented warfighter cosplay bullshit but can't even consider just buying a raft of rounds that they'd have afforded if not for all the CoD cosplay they'd bought prior and hitting the goddamned range.
Obviously, we're not sending our best.
They should make the targets defenseless brown children so the Americans feel more at home.
Quantity doesn’t mean quality
The US is the best at selling guns, nobody said anything about using them.
We are - in all ways, in all forms - some of the most useless people alive.
It's cause the targets aren't black or shaped like a school
I'm so tired of all these stereotypes about the US. Get it right for once, you tankies!
The schools are not targets, they're target ranges.
Americans can only shoot each other, not targets
Americans can shoot at a Target, but not shoot at a target
The US is usually competitive in shotgun sports, but the air rifle stuff has basically never taken off here.
Just because you're famous for doing something often doesn't mean you're any good at it
if the shooting event was more of a freestyle event and had the contestants start with a hearty breakfast of a giant chocolate milkshake with a double espresso shot and then finding a notice of divorce in the mailbox before racing an 1.5 ton SUV through a course with 3 left turns across traffic, then crashing into a playground and spraying indiscriminately into a bunch of foam targets, with points awarded for highest blood pressure, artistic merit, and atavistic groans of slurs through existential pain, america would totally medal in the event every year with it's deep bench of amateur talent.
Just do sales, no action