Having been in the military does not mean that you’re an expert on firearms safety. The military does all kinds of dangerous things with gun, and people can and do get killed with negligent discharges in the military because they don’t practice adequate safety.
So that’s really not the flex he thinks it is.
This is the same mentality that goes into army veterans believing that they’re a good shot because they qualified as
'“expert” with their rifle. Well, bad news; I surpassed “expert” and went straight to “sniper” the first time I tried the old Marine Corps field of fire with my rifle (timed shots, standing, kneeling, prone), and that was functionally untrained. “Marksman” is the qualification that you want if you’re going to claim to be a good shot.
Having been in the military does not mean that you’re an expert on firearms safety. The military does all kinds of dangerous things with gun, and people can and do get killed with negligent discharges in the military because they don’t practice adequate safety.
So that’s really not the flex he thinks it is.
This is the same mentality that goes into army veterans believing that they’re a good shot because they qualified as '“expert” with their rifle. Well, bad news; I surpassed “expert” and went straight to “sniper” the first time I tried the old Marine Corps field of fire with my rifle (timed shots, standing, kneeling, prone), and that was functionally untrained. “Marksman” is the qualification that you want if you’re going to claim to be a good shot.