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"Your example is disingenuous. A better analogy would be racing in general - some people engage in street racing (like drunk rednecks shooting at anything that moves), while the more responsible ones take it to the track (ie the range)."

Um... that's pretty darn close to what I thought I was saying. The folks in the videos don't look at all like "drunk rednecks shooting at anything that moves". They look like they are doing this in a controled setting.

To further develop your line of reasoning, this would be like some one watching videos of a track day and associating that with street racing. We try to distance ourselves from the irresponsible street racers and bristle at those who make the connection anyway. Same thing with shooters. These people look like they are being safe and responsible, yet there are those who will watch the videos and make the drunken redneck connection. They both promote unfair, dissingeneous stereotypes.
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