[Jeff Higgins]

It sounds like some of you guys are having a hard time with this. I don't see anything wrong with it. As long as they are shooting at a range that can accomodate them, and safety rules are being followed, I say more power to them.

Stupid people hurt themselves every day playing with big kids' toys. Tragically, they hurt others as well. Why is it that when firearms are involved so many folks see it as somehow worse than when other equipment is involved?

For example, I see lots of threads on here about track days where folks are having fun engaging in what is arguably an even more dangerous pursuit than this. Far more dangerous, actually. Yet I have never seen anyone call it stupid, hint that it's some form of trailer trash fun, or point out everyone they know about that has been hurt or killed doing it.

Statistically, shooting is one of the safest hobbies out there. Yet every time some one gets hurt or killed, the hue and cry over it is deafening. I wonder if our beloved track days could survive in that environment. Hell, high school football would not survive in that environment.