Funny how that works. I fired off a box of bullets in the same time it took my friend to use 2. You're slow and nervous the first time. At least in my experience. And I was afraid of doing something fatally bad.
Guns are scary.
The power to kill in one's hands is enticing to some, but something I can do without I think. That said, I can see how marksmen come to trust their guns and no other. So I have a bullet casing and my target as mementos. I can honestly say that was one thing I didn't think I'd ever try. I'm at that ripe point in a young man's life where he's afraid of little and curious about everything, ashamed of little, overly brash, more in want of a good time than a strict moral system.