Bill Watson
En-Route
Getting the lead out, AOPA Pilot magazine, July 2017
"What's not to like about the smell of spent gun powder mixed with turbine exhaust? It's an eclectic(?) and unique elixir, says AOPA Editor in Chief Tom Haines who got to experience it first hand while playing door gunner... Cue the Fill Metal Jacket soundtrack..."
Well I guess I'm just sick of casual gun play. I don't watch shoot 'em up movies and shows any longer. I don't play 1st person shooter games. I don't need magazine articles highlighting helicopter gunships and target shooting that smacks of people plinking. Just sick of it. And if this organization's editors don't get that, I don't need to be a member.
With that said, I'm okay with gun sport enthusiasts and hobbyists. Politically I come down more on the side of gun ownership and use as a privilege than a right, but we allow such disagreement in our politics.
I'm also a believer in the AOPA mission as it has to do with promotion and lobbying. I've found their pilot services valuable in the past. Maybe a bit less impressed with the organizations leadership now than 10 years ago but it is still making the decision of walking away troubling.
But I just couldn't get past the imagery and first person shooter joy conjured up by the article. I feel better now and can return to some Flying.
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"What's not to like about the smell of spent gun powder mixed with turbine exhaust? It's an eclectic(?) and unique elixir, says AOPA Editor in Chief Tom Haines who got to experience it first hand while playing door gunner... Cue the Fill Metal Jacket soundtrack..."
Well I guess I'm just sick of casual gun play. I don't watch shoot 'em up movies and shows any longer. I don't play 1st person shooter games. I don't need magazine articles highlighting helicopter gunships and target shooting that smacks of people plinking. Just sick of it. And if this organization's editors don't get that, I don't need to be a member.
With that said, I'm okay with gun sport enthusiasts and hobbyists. Politically I come down more on the side of gun ownership and use as a privilege than a right, but we allow such disagreement in our politics.
I'm also a believer in the AOPA mission as it has to do with promotion and lobbying. I've found their pilot services valuable in the past. Maybe a bit less impressed with the organizations leadership now than 10 years ago but it is still making the decision of walking away troubling.
But I just couldn't get past the imagery and first person shooter joy conjured up by the article. I feel better now and can return to some Flying.
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