Check Your Target
A survivor of a hunting “accident” asks the question “Why are people still being shot?“. The MacDoctor can help with this one. He was an ED doctor for 9 years in Southland, literally the “Happy Hunting Ground” of New Zealand. Of the dozens of shooting incidents he has seen, he has yet to see one where the perpetrator was sober at the time of the shooting. Not one. Zero. Nada. Several of the shooters could hardly stand, let alone aim and shoot a gun.
Telling these people to “check their targets” before shooting is fairly pointless. They are quite likely to reply “which one?”
The MacDoctor would like to suggest that drinking and firing is just as dangerous as drinking and driving and should be policed in a similar manner. At the risk of being accused of authoritarianism, the MacDoctor would like to suggest mandatory jail-time for those found discharging firearms while having alcohol in their blood streams. By all means go duck shooting and get hammered – just don’t load your gun until you can blow in your personal breath alcohol meter and get 0.00. That should be the first target you check.
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Jan 4 12 9:43 pm
I own rural property that has a population of wild deer and a sealed road that provides access to poachers. I am weary of roadside confrontations with spotlighters. They all have characteristics in common. One is their transport — a ute or 4wd; their dress is similar –redbands and sleeveless oilskin jacket with camofleece trou; top that with a rifle with a bipod and a scope that has a diameter of a drainpipe; the other commonality is the stink of several jugs on their breath as they have waited in the local pub for night to fall.
They seem to figure they are part of the great NZ hunting tradition
They aren’t hunter’s arseholes. They would fail the medical for that.
I’ve had it with the slack response from the local cops too. Next incident I’m dialling 111 and getting the ninjas out. Our local cops can explain themselves to them.
Jan 4 12 10:34 pm
Concussion grenades. Faster than 111 and you can always blame their unconscious state on the alcohol….
