I am 11 days from gun ownership (there's a 14-day waiting period for long guns in CT) and I have never needed to use a gun for anything other than target shooting. The only time I technically pointed a gun at someone was at the insistence of the trap shooting instructor. He had me mount the shotgun the way I would while shooting, and he looked down the top of the barrel to make sure I was sighting properly. I was not happy with this, and the only thing I could do was put my finger into the chamber (obviously, the action was open) and over the firing pin to make myself a bit mroe comfortable about the fact that someone had his face right up to the barrel of a gun that I was holding.
If I need to use a gun to protect myself/others, I will do so, but I hope that I'm never in a situation that escalates that far.
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Originally Posted by Magpie0001
Can you elaborate?
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I think he means target shooting