Bingo!! Rule #2 of gun safety, never point a weapon at anything you aren't prepaired to destroy. You and I sound alot alike, my brother once told a someone that if you ever find you're self looking down the muzzle of Ed's, aka me , weapon you'd better have made your peace with God, cause the metting is to follow. I train so that I don't have to use a weapon but I also train so that if I ever do have to, I'm exacting in its opperation and use. I don't shoot to wound I use a knife or stick to wound, my weapon is to take your life and nothing short.