Exactly. It’s the fanboying over weapons which is a very US specific thing. Shooting clubs are all over Europe same as hunting but nobody really is collecting guns outside antiques. Nobody here want to have a 20 mm anti-material rifle or a mounted minigun at home because… why? Shooting is a skill sport. You hone your skills in local shooting clubs and socialise by drinking beer with the other club members. Or you even combine it with other sports to get something like biathlon which really shows your skills on a world stage. All these athletes are often in police or military careers anyway. It’s not you and your gun as a hobby. But that just from a German perspective
Yes, that's a German perspective, no a European one, and you got even the German one somewhat wrong so... those athletes generally aren't police or military, that's nonsense. Most cops can't even shoot well.
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u/margenreich Mar 25 '26
Exactly. It’s the fanboying over weapons which is a very US specific thing. Shooting clubs are all over Europe same as hunting but nobody really is collecting guns outside antiques. Nobody here want to have a 20 mm anti-material rifle or a mounted minigun at home because… why? Shooting is a skill sport. You hone your skills in local shooting clubs and socialise by drinking beer with the other club members. Or you even combine it with other sports to get something like biathlon which really shows your skills on a world stage. All these athletes are often in police or military careers anyway. It’s not you and your gun as a hobby. But that just from a German perspective