My son — who can see nothing without his glasses — can apparently shoot well.
Better than well. He’s an outstanding shot.
While at Scout camp, Charlie attempted to earn riflery merit badge. One requirement was to put five bullets into the middle of the target over the course of the week.
Having never shot a rifle before, Charlie put five bullets into the center of the target on his first target.
Day one.
He had been shooting for less than five minutes and had already met requirements that most Socuts take a week to achieve.
And it wasn’t beginners luck. He proceeded to shoot lights-out all week long.
I find this slightly annoying. The boy can also listen to a song and then play it on the piano, even before he took any lessons. He just listens to the song and can almost immediately reproduce it on the keyboard.
How annoying. I admire hard work. Not innate talent.
But given Elysha and my position on firearms, this seemingly innate ability to shoot a rifle accurately is quite ironic.
While I support the Second Amendment, I support it in the Founding Founder’s reasonable, rationale sense of the Amendment:
The right to own and use firearms designed for hunting, sport, and personal protection.
This would include:
- A ban on assault weapons, semi-automatic weapons, and high-capacity magazines
- A ban on bullets designed specifically to obliterate the insides of a human being
- Universal background checks
- 30-day waiting periods before purchase
- Firearms licences
- Red flag laws
- An end of gun show loopholes
Oddly, every single one of these laws, without exception, is supported by a majority of Americans.
In most cases, a vast majority of Americans support them.
Charlie — who apparently shoots exceptionally well and enjoys shooting — also supports all of these proposals.
My hope is that his generation will solve this problem in a way that previous generations — despite their will and desire — have not. It’s a damn tragedy that the vast majority of Americans live in a country where their common sense desires for gun safety are impossible to implement.
In the words of Charlie:
“Why would anyone sell someone a gun before trying to make sure they aren’t going to hurt someone with it? That would be stupid.”
