Thursday, September 17, 2015

Millennials love guns as shooting sports rapidly gain popularity in high schools

The Washington Times

“What separates shooting sports from stick-and-ball sports is that when it’s time for our kids to go to a tournament, all the kids can compete — heavy, thin, tall, short, fast, slow, boy or girl — it doesn’t make them any different,” Mr. Wondrash said. “That’s what really lends itself to our sport.”

The SSSF has programs in 42 states and has seen participation grow from about 6,000 students four years ago to 13,000 now, Mr. Wondrash said.

Competitive shooting has become so popular and accepted in certain communities that some high schools award varsity letters for trapshooting. National organizations like the SSSF help students assemble teams, train coaches to teach athletes how to safely fire a gun and organize competitions and championships for teams.
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  1. ssgmarkcrSeptember 17, 2015 at 8:39 AM

    I seem to recall mentioning the growth of the shooting sports in the Midwest states as proof of growth in the shooting sports and the gun culture. It's nice to see such growth isn't limited to just my neck of the woods.
    And even the guy from the gun control lobby doesn't seem to have a problem with it. My son hopes to letter in both trap and orchestra this year. So how exactly is this biased reporting Mike? They even went so far as to solicit an opinion from a gun control representative.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 20, 2015 at 7:32 PM

      "Millenials love guns" is biased bullshit. Most certainly do not.

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    2. ssgmarkcrSeptember 21, 2015 at 5:36 AM

      Well Mike, if it has to be a majority of them to love a sport, that likely means that none of the sports qualify. My guess is that as people have adopted a more sedentary lifestyle, participation in any sports has declined. Unless you count fantasy football or watching it on TV.
      In An article I recall citing the last time we discussed this, a fair number of kids had to be turned away because there wasn't room. In the team my son is a member of, they have had to break the team down into squads with different reporting times on practice days to eliminate long waits between rounds.
      That kind of growth certainly can't be bad.

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    3. ssgmarkcrSeptember 21, 2015 at 7:11 AM

      Well Mike, the SSSF claims over 12,000 student athletes, which is a pretty good number, and growing. Plus earlier this year, they announced a partnership with Project Childsafe. I'm assuming that means no donations from the CSGV.

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    4. UnknownSeptember 21, 2015 at 8:12 AM

      So, then, you agree with me that "millennials love guns" is a bit misleading?

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    5. Flying JuniorSeptember 23, 2015 at 7:35 AM

      Nice! Shooting fits in with an early acquiescence to a sedentary lifestyle!

      Why wait until you are sixty years old to stop exercising? Just get into shooting sports when you are young! Balance your lifestyle with a fast food habit. What could possibly go wrong? Take your pick! Sugary sodas or alcoholic beverages.

      I'm fairly certain that at least in California, even young people still exercise.

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    6. ssgmarkcrSeptember 23, 2015 at 10:13 PM

      "Nice! Shooting fits in with an early acquiescence to a sedentary lifestyle!"

      Only if you let it FJ. Ever hear of the little Olympic sport called Biathlon?


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Ud3qq9o1Y

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    7. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2015 at 6:43 PM

      Right SS, they are all training for the biathlon, laughable.

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    8. ssgmarkcrSeptember 24, 2015 at 8:09 PM

      Nope, their training in another Olympic sport, trap and skeet shooting. There are actually quite a few shooting competitions in the Olympics.

      http://www.usashooting.org/about/olympic-games

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  2. BigguySeptember 17, 2015 at 4:03 PM

    But, but, but, Mike you and your cohorts have continually said that young people are not interested in guns or shooting. Its only the current OFWG that are the ones buying MORE guns. Say it isn't so!

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  3. Kurt '45superman' HofmannSeptember 17, 2015 at 4:25 PM

    Doesn't fit Mikeb's cherished narrative="biased reporting"

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  4. TSSeptember 17, 2015 at 4:47 PM

    I have to ask. What exactly was biased about the reporting?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2015 at 8:03 AM

    This proves the point, America is gun crazy and getting worse. We can look forward to more than 30,000 gun shot deaths each year. Start up your next kill video for kids.

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    1. ssgmarkcrSeptember 19, 2015 at 9:36 PM

      Anon, this article suggests that these sports have been growing for years, but violent crime and homicides continue to decline. That seems to contradict your assertion.

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2015 at 5:05 PM

      The 30,000 still is a fact, so no liar, you have not disproved my point. And the more guns on the street, the more gun shot deaths, but you keep rooting for innocent people to be killed by guns. You already admitted you love to teach people how to kill, so you are obviously invested in seeing gun shot deaths rise.

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    3. ssgmarkcrSeptember 21, 2015 at 7:19 AM

      Well Anon, we then have to revisit the fact that while the number of guns in the hands of citizens has been increasing, gun crime and accidental gun deaths have been falling.

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    4. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2015 at 10:20 PM

      No we don't because that's not true, but typical of you to lie, so on with your next lie SS.............

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    5. ssgmarkcrSeptember 22, 2015 at 7:05 AM

      Well Anon, perhaps you could share your data showing that gun crimes and accidental deaths have been increasing?

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    6. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2015 at 7:45 AM

      Better, you stop spewing your lies.
      Where were your facts? I read your uneducated, biased opinion.

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    7. Flying JuniorSeptember 23, 2015 at 8:34 AM

      If I could step in here.

      Do you find this report from the NYT three weeks ago credible?

      http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/us/murder-rates-rising-sharply-in-many-us-cities.html

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    8. ssgmarkcrSeptember 23, 2015 at 9:58 PM

      Howdy, we actually discussed this a little while ago here,

      http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2015/07/police-battle-spike-in-city-violence.html

      I sort of got a smile from TS's comment and hope he wont mind me sharing it here,

      "Here's Mike watching crime data:

      "Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors...Other factors... wait! Crime just ticked up. It's the guns! More guns equals more crime! Obviously."

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    9. TSSeptember 25, 2015 at 8:00 PM

      Don't mind at all, ssgmarkcr.

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    10. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2015 at 6:20 PM

      Where is your data SS, I'm waiting.

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    11. ssgmarkcrSeptember 27, 2015 at 3:45 PM

      "Where were your facts?"

      Well Anon, to start, we'll use that unknown group called the FBI to show crime decreasing,

      https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/1tabledatadecoverviewpdf/table_1_crime_in_the_united_states_by_volume_and_rate_per_100000_inhabitants_1994-2013.xls

      And we'll use the CDC to show accidental gun deaths, though you'll need to enter the search parameters.

      http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/dataRestriction_inj.html

      Though I know you hate to do any actual work to learn things, so here is a fairly simple chart,

      http://www.gunfacts.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Accidental-Deaths-chart-2-declining-trend.jpg

      You have a good day now.

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    12. AnonymousOctober 2, 2015 at 8:14 PM

      Well Mike won't post my response so fuck you lying kill crazy gun loon

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