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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> "Sheldon" wrote:
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > > > "Sheldon" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > shooting just once a week you'll never be any good.
> > >
> > > I don't agree with this.

> >
> > Well yer just plain wrong... even if you possess natural talent you
> > can't be good at anything without regular practice, I don't care if
> > it's playing the piano, swimming, skiiing, or getting laid... if you
> > don't use it you lose it, that is if you ever had it... and at this
> > point you never had it, you yourself admited that you never shot a
> > shotgun, so how can you know about agreeing or disagreeing, you don't
> > know shit from shotguns... you just learned more from reading the
> > article I posted than you ever thought you knew or will learn if you
> > shoot every day for a year.

>
> I've fired rifles for years (since I was 4 years of age) and have been
> practicing monthly with pistols.


What a dumb response... those are not shotguns... why don't you add in
bow and arrows and slingshots too, what about throwing knives. Your
response is like claiming you should be able to play the violin just
because you can play a kazoo.