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There was a similar theme in the military where the trigger finger was loosing dexterity and being surpassed by the thumb for controls. Most people didn't grow
by gonzo41 8y ago
There was a similar theme in the military where the trigger finger was loosing dexterity and being surpassed by the thumb for controls. Most people didn't grow up shooting on farms but they do get access to a phone early on.
As an example the Javelin anti Armour missile have playstation-esq aiming controls on them for this reason and most remote weapons systems have a thumb driven joystick config.
- walshemj 8y agoWhat proportion of enlistees in the military post ww2 have ever a lot of shooting experience. Sounds like presumably "USA" is not expending enough time and money on target practice - I would hope that UK still understand s the lesson taught by the Napoleonic wars that well trained and practiced troops are key to winning a firefight. And crew served weapons is quite different to traditional marksmanship and that's where most of the killing is done these days.
- debaserab2 8y agoYou’d be surprised. Gun fetishism often starts at a pretty young age in America.
- nradov 8y agoThe US Federal Government sponsors the Civilian Marksmanship Program specifically because of that concern. http://thecmp.org http://thecmp.org
- larrywright 8y agoYou wouldn’t know it to listen to them talk these days, but this was actually one of the original goals of the NRA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association