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Trump just compared being a cop in a high stress shooting situation to playing golf. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2018 OP
Not exactly. He said he wants people with natural talent for shooting armed at schools. Shrike47 Feb 2018 #1
He compared being in a gun fight to playing high stakes golf and making a put. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2018 #2
Well, in one scenario you are facing death, in the other you are facing one more stroke on your Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #3
They are just alike underpants Feb 2018 #4
Is he looking for 'natural shooters' or 'natural killers'? sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #5
If killers, Only "Natural Born Killers" would do flotsam Feb 2018 #6

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
1. Not exactly. He said he wants people with natural talent for shooting armed at schools.
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 02:09 PM
Feb 2018

Like a natural golfer, a natural shooter will be better than average seems to be his reasoning. The number of natural shooters who are called to teach is apparently larger than I knew.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
3. Well, in one scenario you are facing death, in the other you are facing one more stroke on your
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 02:19 PM
Feb 2018

scorecard and loss of a big bet, so pretty much the same stress.

What exactly is a "natural shooter", how many teachers would qualify and who is the talent scout for that?

The more a sane person thinks about arming teachers the more the sane person becomes insane just thinking about that insanity.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
6. If killers, Only "Natural Born Killers" would do
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 06:09 PM
Feb 2018

I should link too a Woody Harrelson movie still but you get my drift...

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