Originally Posted By: tunes
Originally Posted By: L. Brown

No need to mince words, Stan. After all, you told us that you started out with Daddy buying your shells for you. How come you weren't carrying newspapers or cutting grass to buy them YOURSELF? Kinda gave you a leg up learning the game, didn't it?


How come a decent thread like this one always has to turn into a pissing match?? Geesh Larry lighten up!


Talk to Stan, tunes. Seems a bit ironic, don't you think, that he talks about a "lack of supplies" not stopping anyone . . . yet he was GIVEN his supplies? Sorry, but I won't mince words either: Yes indeed, "minor" factors like the economy--among other things--do stand in the way of people becoming proficient at ANY activity that requires a fairly significant expenditure of funds. And learning to shoot well requires such an expenditure. Let's see . . . work my butt off to support my family. Left over time and money . . . spend time and some of that extra money with the wife and kids, or spend time and some of that extra money on guns, shooting lessons, shells, targets, gas to get me to the range, etc? The places I shoot, most of the people who shoot a lot are older. Kids, if any, away from home and no longer in college. Speaking of which, I put myself through college, came out with zero debt. That was then; this is now. Without a lot of scholarship support, what was fairly common when I was in college in the 60's is now close to impossible. Which means younger folks are saddled with college debt on top of everything else. Desire alone doesn't get it done--and it's way more expensive these days than it used to be.