Thread: Wtf

The whole point of this discussion, taking away the awful result of this persons action, is the fact that 'everybody' on this forum apart from Angus (to my knowledge) is in possesion of a FAL

Whether we hunt, punch paper, cull as a proffesion, eradicate pests, .........whatever.......when WE become legal firearm licence holders, we take on a huge moral obligation and a HUGE responsibility to society as a whole, to be SAFE in our said activity to peers and strangers alike...

It is not acceptable to me (IMHO) to say, 'sorry i screwed up, made a mistake' ect.....and then EXPECT to be able to carry on as if nothing happened......he has taken an innocent life.....I REPEAT, AN INNOCENT LIFE, not a near miss or a flesh wound......how?.....because he did not VERIFY his intended target......he did not have the patience to wait a couple of seconds to 100% make sure.......im a newbie, only took up the challenge of hunting last year.....i made my own personal vow to (hopefully, im only human after all) not pull the trigger until i have
1) 100% verified i have recognised the target species and the backdrop is safe
2) double checked above when i have looked through my scope
i have had buck fever, and felt the adrenalin rush, but the overiding consequence (thank fuck) of not screwing up and causing tragedy for both sets of family & friends has held me back......im not trying to be Mr billy big bollocks who will never make a mistake as (hopefully) my ego is not that big......but this guy, to go back to the original reason im writing this, has NO 'right' to owning a FAL ever again.....whatever the legal right or wrongs