Being a proper American, I learned to shoot before I learned to drive. Occasionally, I am annoyed that they have the wrong sound effects with a gun in a movie, or confuse a revolver with a semiautomatic weapon, or do some other thing that isn't right or fit with the world. Here is one that really annoys me: When you shoot someone with a hand-held gun, the person hit does not magically fly backwards. That is just stupid Hollywood nonsense. People drop more or less straight down, if you hit them well enough to take them down. (Think of the physics of the matter just a tiny bit, and you will understand this.)
In my case, though, I learned a bit about gun safety before a gun was in my hand. One of the basics is this: Never point it at anyone you do not want to kill. Even if the gun is "unloaded."
In my case, though, I learned a bit about gun safety before a gun was in my hand. One of the basics is this: Never point it at anyone you do not want to kill. Even if the gun is "unloaded."
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
