Constitutional Law

Thoughts on different sports

The Armed School Teacher's comment on the previous post brings to mind the nature of different sports.

Soccer: Soccer hooligans terrorize European games, tearing down goal posts, assaulting opposing fans, and rioting.

Shooting's equivalent: Two spectators get dirty looks for muttering "Semper Fi" a little too loudly after a Marine takes his shot.

Football: Stars get busted for drugs, assault and battery, etc., etc.. Joke is that a certain team cannot huddle because it would violate their terms of probation, viz., not consorting with convicted felons.

Shooting's equivalent: a Camp Perry winner almost gets a speeding ticket, but since he has no points on his record, the officer gives him a warning. (And if he did have points, he would have admitted it. You just can't lie to an officer).

Tennis: Top ranked player throws a screaming fit when the ref calls his shot out of bounds.

Shooting's equivalent: shooter is eliminated from finals at the Wimbledon, says "I knew I pulled that shot."

Most sports: player is stopped by police after driving down the wrong side of the road, is found drunk as a skunk with a snoot full of cocaine, pleads guilty and is admitted to rehab for the third time.

Shooting's equivalent: a shooter gives up coffee out of concern it might make his hands tremble.

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on October 12, 2008 (boomark / email).