Originally Posted by
catgita
With guns you have skill, or thrill of the power of destruction, but no other reason to do it...
You probably didn't grasp the fullness of the analogy between these two activities, because there are parallels.
People own/operate bicycles for:
- recreation (solo, family, groups)
- practical living (LCF or commuting)
- competing
- collecting/admiring
People own firearms similarly:
- recreation
- practical living
- competing
- collecting
Just as you can't buy speed on a bicycle, you can't buy skill with a firearm. You have to put in thousands of hours of grunt work to improve, even if you possess innate abilities.