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In the discussion thread: Why does the US Olympic Shooting team always fare so poorly? [View all]

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:55 AM

whistler162 (5,633 posts)

5. The real disconnect that baffles me is that

of thought and your brain!

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66 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why does the US Olympic Shooting team always fare so poorly? [View all]	LonePirate	Jul 2012	OP
I won't swear to it, but,	Baitball Blogger	Jul 2012	#1
Don't ya know that in A-mur-i-ka we need assault rifles to hit anything?	davsand	Jul 2012	#2
Bingo. American shooters take more of a "spray-and-pray" approach.	Scuba	Jul 2012	#3
Dang right. Give them boys and girls AK-47s and watch 'em GO!	trof	Jul 2012	#20
Indeed. No wonder...	demguy_5692	Jul 2012	#16
Why is shooting even worthy of being an Olympic sport?	undeterred	Jul 2012	#4
Because they're based on military fitness.	hobbit709	Jul 2012	#35
The real disconnect that baffles me is that	whistler162	Jul 2012	#5
Um, what?	Orrex	Jul 2012	#30
I think you expect too much	jakeXT	Jul 2012	#6
Of the tens of millions of gun owners and users, I expect a couple dozen can use them very well.	LonePirate	Jul 2012	#8
Maybe relying on on donations is one thing	jakeXT	Jul 2012	#9
This sounds like a perfect endeavor for the NRA to support instead of promoting gun grabber BS.	LonePirate	Jul 2012	#11
If people would stop pushing for gun-bans	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#22
Our gun obsessed country tends to own more than actually learn how to use them	LynneSin	Jul 2012	#7
American Marksmanship has been on the decline since the first world war.	slampoet	Jul 2012	#10
What is a "22 Martin"?	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#26
.22 Marlin. Darn auto correct.	slampoet	Jul 2012	#27
Thanks. It happens.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#28
What a nasty and inappropriate post.	kayakjohnny	Jul 2012	#12
Nasty and inappropriate post	pipi_k	Jul 2012	#14
The biathlon has always fascinated me. I have what I think is a genetic condition...	MiddleFingerMom	Jul 2012	#13
I really like the Biathlon, too.	bluedigger	Jul 2012	#15
There's a very simple reason	jmowreader	Jul 2012	#17
Ever heard of a benchrest rifle?	Clames	Jul 2012	#46
I have heard of a benchrest rifle	jmowreader	Jul 2012	#47
Baseless assumption.	Clames	Jul 2012	#48
I blame	quakerboy	Jul 2012	#18
The combination of your name, your avatar and your response made me chuckle.	LonePirate	Jul 2012	#19
Maybe other countries put more money to training competitive shooters	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#21
The gun enthusiasts in this country pay all kinds of money to shooting ranges and ammo companies.	LonePirate	Jul 2012	#23
Very different things	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#24
There are pistol events at the Olympics, aren't there? I fail to see the difference.	LonePirate	Jul 2012	#25
Competing in the Olympics is also one helluva time commitment	Kennah	Jul 2012	#32
i think its the targets, going by my neighbours and friends and sometimes me	loli phabay	Jul 2012	#29
Metal barrels are our choice target here...	TheCruces	Jul 2012	#33
at the local get together this year we had some old pickups ranged out to 500yrds	loli phabay	Jul 2012	#34
Because the recreational shooters don't give a damn about their accuracy.	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#31
You don't need to be able to aim with a semi-automatic. That's not hunting by any means.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#36
Try doing what they do	REP	Jul 2012	#38
That's impressive! I've hit a 2" target from across two acres, but I'm not a hunter.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#40
You seem to believe that people who hunt with semi-auto firearms...	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#53
Hunters in PA can't use semi-automatics- it's illegal to hunt with them there.	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#56
You don't shoot a semi-auto much, do you?	NickB79	Jul 2012	#50
Then you really know nothing about semi-auto and their use in hunting. n/t	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#51
No shooters	Bug-911	Jul 2012	#37
Welcome to DU!	XemaSab	Jul 2012	#55
Access and promotion plus the equipment isn't cheap	REP	Jul 2012	#39
That will change when droning is added as an event.	rug	Jul 2012	#41
The targets don't bleed enough.	baldguy	Jul 2012	#42
Because they can't be drunk during the event	Tom Ripley	Jul 2012	#43
Rhode won 5 consecutive in Skeet	JonLP24	Jul 2012	#44
Sarah Palin is a good shot	graywarrior	Jul 2012	#45
Thanks for the qualification	jmowreader	Jul 2012	#49
Oh gosh-a-roo, I must have missed that episode and the entire series	graywarrior	Jul 2012	#58
This is one of YouTube's Greatest Hits...	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#63
Well, that just pissed me off!	graywarrior	Aug 2012	#65
No antlers on the targets... n/t	krispos42	Jul 2012	#52
One reason might be that the most popular shooting competitions in the U.S....	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#54
You do know you're interrupting the bigotry in this thread with facts, right?	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#57
Holy Fuck, I didn't know they'd actually gone through with it.	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#59
P.S. Check here:	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#60
The NRA goes for quantity over quality, maybe? N/T	DFW	Jul 2012	#61
It's a devious national secuity scheme. We let the Chinese et al win lots of medals,	petronius	Jul 2012	#62
Popular US competition focuses on long range and/or tactical skills.	OneTenthofOnePercent	Aug 2012	#64
Well, there was the Skeet Chick's gold medal. 99/100 doesn't suck.	Patiod	Aug 2012	#66

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