tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post114001586859368127..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1140059300098999602006-02-15T22:08:00.000-05:002006-02-15T22:08:00.000-05:00I don't hunt, but I've spent time target shooting....I don't hunt, but I've spent time target shooting. I've never encountered any responsible gun owner who argued that anyone but the person who shoots is to blame for an accidental shooter. Perhaps if someone surprised me and tried to wrestle a gun away from me, I could blame him if I accidently shot him. If someone told me that he was going to engage in a shooting sport where bystanders were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1140041863201949852006-02-15T17:17:00.000-05:002006-02-15T17:17:00.000-05:00Yeah, I actually agree that this is less than mino...Yeah, I actually agree that this is less than minor compared to other stuff. I'm just *%&$ing tired of these guys getting away with bull$#!t like this.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I'd (justifiably) feel like a total piece of shit if I ever did something like this. And I'm smart enough to know that I'm not responsible enough to be president. Or vice-president. Cheney doesn't seem to have any Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1140041159746531772006-02-15T17:05:00.000-05:002006-02-15T17:05:00.000-05:00Haven't fired a gun in many many years, but I unde...Haven't fired a gun in many many years, but I understand about sunset. Sounds like C was facing east, then whirled and shot west into the sun.<BR/><BR/>Ok, he's a bad hunter, and he handled the incident badly, and maybe he's lying about hitting the guy at 30 yards, and did he just have the one beer - but go check out the Abu Graib picture at Obsidian Wings and tell me this matters in the eye of rilkefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189347779617969628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1140038261586291322006-02-15T16:17:00.000-05:002006-02-15T16:17:00.000-05:00I do not hunt, but I know a lot of hunters, and ha...I do not hunt, but I know a <B>lot</B> of hunters, and have spent time with them target shooting, skeet shooting, and generally shooting the shit. <BR/><BR/>What I've learned about hunting, and guns in general, agrees exactly with what you said: <BR/><BR/><EM>"you never, ever take a shot unless you know where you're putting the round...and that includes knowing where it's going to go if you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1140031387938364162006-02-15T14:23:00.000-05:002006-02-15T14:23:00.000-05:00Is anything more annoying than a rhetorical questi...Is anything more annoying than a rhetorical question?<BR/><BR/>Agreed.<BR/><BR/>Actually it was a real question. I could totally be wrong about this.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1140018362837036172006-02-15T10:46:00.000-05:002006-02-15T10:46:00.000-05:00What if there were no rhetorical questions? What ...What if there were no rhetorical questions? What would we do then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com