Recreational Shooting Quotes

I enjoy shooting. Around where I live, it's something you do for entertainment once in a while, you go out and shoot targets.

We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.

Well, the first and only time I went hunting, I shot a deer, and it mortified me. I just couldn't do it again. But I know a lot about guns, so I go to the gun range and stuff like that with friends sometimes.

We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I am not convinced that combat weapons are necessarily part of that heritage.

Yeah, I shoot. I shot with my dad a little bit when I was little. He was a Marine, so it wasn't like he would take me to the ballet. We would go to a shooting range. It was the only thing he knew to teach his little girl how to do.

I've always had a way with a gun. As a kid, I loved to fire them at the shooting range in amusement parks. I'd always return home with a handful of prizes.

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.

I just shoot until I feel good.

I've had a great time on the road, I would say shooting guns with a silencer in Jacksonville, Fla.

I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks!

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

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.

Nick sat beside Simon, who was at his computer. Marcus stood at attention beside the food. Hale had his feet on the table, reading the morning paper. And someone had given the Bagshaws a gun. 'Pull!' Hamish yelled, and Angus pulled a cord and sent a skeet flying across the deep blue water. A split second later, a loud crack was reverberating across the deck. Kat jumped. Hale sighed. The shot went far wide, and Marcus never moved a muscle.

I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.

It's a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress.

I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs.

The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.

I like going to rifle and pistol clubs and joining them in target shooting. I also share the same respect for individual initiative and love of family.

It's a fun thing to do. Everyone thinks it's fun to shoot.

When I got out of college and signed a contract to play pro football in the USFL, the first thing I bought was a Remington 1100 shotgun and a Remington .30-06.

I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.

I'm a sportsman. You know, I go out clay shooting and put three shells in.

There are naked people in boots on a mountain top firing guns.

I went where the boys in the family went. We would shoot basketball. We would shoot guns. We'd play cards. We'd go fishing at the pond.

A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.