America is in a
crisis. We simply don't have enough good shooters to compete in the
next Olympic Summer Games! At least, not in the Men's shooting
events. American women are doing just fine. Even the Swiss, who have
one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, find
themselves woefully out-gunned by countries that have no history of
shooting rattlesnakes off their front porches. Not that the Swiss
have Rattlesnakes, but they do require everyone who ever served in
the military to keep their weapon at home.
We're being
out-gunned by the Chinese, the Russians, the British, the Germans,
and even the French! Perhaps we just don't get enough target practice
anymore. Of the current nine men's Olympic shooting events, the US men
have won only two gold medals in recent years. We haven't won in
pistol since 1952, and rapid fire pistol since 1960. We are the
current Gold Medalists in Skeet, but not in Trap, where we haven't
pulled it off, so to speak, in almost 40 years.
Maybe the US needs
to petition the International Olympic Committee to add events, you
know, like recently added ski half-pipe, golf, or kitesurfing. We
could add, Massacre, Children Under the age of Twelve, one of the
American shooting events no other country has yet surpassed, or how
about Surprise Assault, Shopping Mall, one of our consistently
popular events.
We could add
Theater Shooting, One Reload Per Gun, we're pretty good at that, too.
Then there's always our latest mastery, Church, Other Race, During
Prayer. Let's face it, if the Olympic Committee would change the
shooting event rules, the US would be in a league of its own as
neither ISIS nor Boko Haram have IOC recognition, at least, not yet,
and neither Somalia or any other undisciplined nation in Africa have
the money to send any of its militia to Rio for the 2016 games.
The Taliban would
probably dominate Team Shooting, all categories, but the U.S. should
be able to sweep the singles events as only Norway has recently
scored near our level with, Assault, Picnic, Outdoors, All Ages. Team
Cartel Mexico may give the Taliban a run for its money, however, for
Slaughter, Indiscriminate, All Categories.
Think of it! All
the uncertified and unlicensed US gun owners could have a shoot-off
to see who gets to represent the US while the rest of the world
watches in awe. I've often said Civil War reenactors, or any war
reenactors for that matter, should use live ammunition. That would
establish the best shots in the US quickly and without bothersome
protests. If the NRA gets on board, we could have qualifications this
year in preparation for next years Olympics!
Forward this to
your NRA representative in care of your Congressman [they're in the
same office] and get the ball rolling. Let's restore America's image
in the eyes of the world! Hurry up before the Swiss take advantage of
all the trained, disciplined shooters at their disposal.
George
Mindling
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