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My trainer was a Mexican Olympic silver medalist in marksmanship.

He was training me to shoot for the first time.

The first shot went off level and in the general direction of the target.

The second shot (involuntary) went off at 30 degrees above the horizon.

The third shot (involuntary) went off at 60 degrees above the horizon.

The fourth shot (involuntary) went off at 90 degrees above the horizon.

At that point the instructor reached for my arm and the weapon and stopped a fifth shot which would have been at 120 degrees, or pointing backward as it were.

That was 45 years ago and I haven't fired a semiautomatic weapon since.