You may be asking yourself, shooting, how is that a community? Well, a community is mearly something that holds people together, and if you visit any Sportsmen's Club around the country all the people you will meet are held together by an addiction to gunpowder and lead.
Sporting Clays shooters especially are a tight knit group of people. You will never run across nicer individuals that even when at competitions, want nothnig more than for you to do the best you can. They will always smile and say a friendly hello, and even offer to help you out when you need it.
Everyone that you will find in this shooting community shares the need to make noise and break things. HA HA, why else would we all gather to shoot shotguns at clay targets flying through the air? But by far the most important thing that we sahre is our shooting ethics. Ethics are defined as: "The science of morals in human conduct". When it comes to target shooting, they are there for us and our companions safety. They can also change with time and place. Most rules of conduct are simply common sense and good manners. Some people have not had the chance to learn good shooting manners, others simply have grown up in a society with different values. The simple purpose of shooting etiquette is to ensure that all participants will enjoy the shoot.
Although shooters of all ages typically always get along when shooting together, during competitions, it all can change. I've seen guys that are just as nice as can be on a typical day of shooting practice, and then a competition comes and they seem like they're down your throat over any mistake that you make. Unfortunately, some in the shooting community take it way beyond the fun and focus strickly on the money and winning aspect.
I know that I fit in with this group, just about as well as I could fit in anywhere. One of my greatest joys is shooting, it's my favorite thing to do on the weekends. If I'm not up at the club shooting or working, I'm just there BS'n with everyone else. I believe that this community is where I belong, for more reasons than me just enjoying the sport. The people are amazing, teaching and introducing new shooters is rewarding, and that look in the eyes of the kid that just hit his very first target with his very own shotgun gives you the most amazing feeling. I am a part of this community because it's who I am, and it's how and where I was raised, and I love it.
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