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Something I can't figure out.

MtnBuff

MtnBuff

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Among many things including my wife.

How is it that the United States is the most gun happy nation in the world. It could be argued that we have more people who own guns for recreational purposes than any other country, many of who take their shooting seriously and train and work at it.

We also have a huge number of people who have recieved training in arms in the military and in law enforcement.

With all that how do we not dominate the shooting contest in the olympics?
 
The same reason Colorado produces far fewer skiers in the traditional disciplines than you would suspect we would. Most people ski (and shoot) for recreation, not competition. I swear there are more skiers from California and New Hampshire on the team than from Colorado.
 
I would win the gold If we could shoot coors light cans for targets. Also, I am a dead eye from an adairondack (sp?).
 
Maybe we need to get them to add a drive-by shooting event.

Teams of 3-4 driving a low-rider or an older SUV. All person in the vehicle are required to duck below the window line while at least one holds a pistol out the window sideways and tries to unload a clip through a living room window.
 
MtnBuff said:
Maybe we need to get them to add a drive-by shooting event.

Teams of 3-4 driving a low-rider or an older SUV. All person in the vehicle are required to duck below the window line while at least one holds a pistol out the window sideways and tries to unload a clip through a living room window.
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Used to be an Aurora joke.
 
Sounds like US came out on top in one of the shooting categories.
 
MtnBuff said:
Among many things including my wife.

How is it that the United States is the most gun happy nation in the world. It could be argued that we have more people who own guns for recreational purposes than any other country, many of who take their shooting seriously and train and work at it.

We also have a huge number of people who have recieved training in arms in the military and in law enforcement.

With all that how do we not dominate the shooting contest in the olympics?
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this would be a better question if asked of the Swiss who are far more heavily armed and trained than even the US population.
 
What about Ping Pong? We have the best beer pong players in the world. Get some of these guys sober and we'd destroy the Chinese
 
USA has done pretty well in shooting events over the years...

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[TD]2[/TD]
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China (CHN)[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
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[TD]3[/TD]
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[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]49[/TD]
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[TD]4[/TD]
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Sweden (SWE)[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]55[/TD]
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[TD]5[/TD]
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Norway (NOR)[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
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[TD]6[/TD]
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Great Britain (GBR)[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]43[/TD]
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[TD]7[/TD]
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Italy (ITA)[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
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[TD]8[/TD]
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France (FRA)[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
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[TD]9[/TD]
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Russia (RUS)[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
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[TD]10[/TD]
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Germany (GER)[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]11[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Hungary (HUN)[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Switzerland (SUI)[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Romania (ROM)[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png
Unified Team (EUN)[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png
Finland (FIN)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png
Bulgaria (BUL)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png
West Germany (FRG)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Canada (CAN)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
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Czechoslovakia (TCH)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Poland (POL)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Australia (AUS)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Ukraine (UKR)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Denmark (DEN)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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East Germany (GDR)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]25[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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South Korea (KOR)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Greece (GRE)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
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[TD]27[/TD]
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Yugoslavia (YUG)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Czech Republic (CZE)[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Belgium (BEL)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Austria (AUT)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Japan (JPN)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Peru (PER)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Brazil (BRA)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]34[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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India (IND)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]35[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Azerbaijan (AZE)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]36[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Germany (EUA)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
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North Korea (PRK)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
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Slovenia (SLO)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]39[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Lithuania (LTU)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
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United Arab Emirates (UAE)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]41[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Belarus (BLR)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]42[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Spain (ESP)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
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Kazakhstan (KAZ)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]44[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Colombia (COL)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]45[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
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Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png
Slovakia (SVK)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]47[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png
Mongolia (MGL)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png
Netherlands (NED)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]49[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
Argentina (ARG)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png
Chile (CHI)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png
Latvia (LAT)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png
Moldova (MDA)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png
Mexico (MEX)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png
Portugal (POR)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png
South Africa (RSA)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro.svg.png
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png
Cuba (CUB)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]58[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png
Croatia (CRO)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png
Georgia (GEO)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png
Haiti (HAI)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png
Kuwait (KUW)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png
New Zealand (NZL)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]
22px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png
Venezuela (VEN)[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Total[/TD]
[TD]243[/TD]
[TD]244[/TD]
[TD]242[/TD]
[TD]729[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
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