I went to a shooting range last night with some friends and had some fun doing some target shooting. I won't go into the details of the guns I shot mostly because that's irrelevant and I don't really know myself. All I know is that I shot pistols similar to what is standard military issue.
I realized two things while we were shooting. First guns are incredibly loud. Of course stupid, right? Well I have been somewhere that multiple guns are being shot before and it was outside. Alternatively I have been shooting indoors, but we were the only ones shooting for the most part. Now multiple people shooting guns indoors is really freaking loud.
I also realized that my adrenaline was through the roof when we were shooting. My heart was doing 180bpm and I felt like it was an out of body experience. Once I was done and we were in the car heading back I couldn't stop yawning. I got home at 930 and literally went straight to bed, because I think after being amped up on adrenaline when I eventually came down I was exhausted.
Both of these realizations have made me wonder about how police and military personnel do their jobs. I think about the shootout that saw 4 cops get killed earlier this year and I wonder how it must have felt in that situation. Certainly the movies don't accurately portray any of this, but it always looks easier than it is.
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Hey Neerav,
I've never been shooting before, but I do know that elite military and police units train to integrate the adrenaline rush.
A commando for example has 2-3 seconds typically to enter, identify and kill a room full of hostiles. That's some serious skill.
The Navy Seals and Delta Force have to pass this test while their fellow trainees sit live in the room around the cardboard cutouts.
go paintballing - the rush is awesome....i thought i was rambo for days...of course, i used to think that before i went paintballing too...errh
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