The sport of shooting is my life.
In high school and college, I gathered a number of medals for marksmanship, but I have long since abandoned this activity, having concluded that the world would be a better place with fewer sharpshooters.
I'm a sportsman, you know, and I shoot skeet, and I grew up in the Midwest, so that's a part of my culture.
It's more fun when you shoot well and when you have a good score, but that's not a prerequisite to me for having a good time.
I used to trapshoot. I was actually a junior national champion. My parents are trapshooters, so I'm more into target stuff.
I've always been a shooter.
I used to be the chief guest in all the prize distribution ceremonies of shooting competitions. I tried my hand on a lot of guns, and my aim improved. I started hitting tiny targets, like a mineral bottle cap.
There was a time when my parents had to sell off a plot of land so that I can buy a rifle for competitive tournaments. After that we stayed in a rented house for the next 15 years.
[Terry] Tussey has been my favorite gunsmith, but I'm also using other people for other things and giving other people chances because there's only so much Terry can do. He knows me to be the best shooter and the most finicky, so I'm really a pain in his ass.
I feel, at the national level, shooters should get monetary rewards also, along with medals and a handshake.
Shooting takes up all my time. But I'm not complaining!
Skeet shooting is probably more satisfying if you really hate skeets.
