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What is more violent?, Target Shooting or Boxing?

follies View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:12 AM Post #1
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With all the gun talk going around I need help settling an argument. What is more violent, target shooting or boxing? I am talking about the kind you see at the Olympics, not Scarface walking in with machine guns or a street brawl. Both have actually been proven to reduce aggression. Also what would you rather have your son do for a sport out of the two assuming he was aged around 16? Have to take my son to the doctors shortly so if it seems like I have left the discussion I will be back.

usandthem View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:15 AM Post #2
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Boxing is more violent in my mind.

JRA View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:18 AM Post #3
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How is target shooting violent at all?

MinkyMonkey View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:18 AM Post #4
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QUOTE (usandthem @ 18/12/2012, 10:15 AM) Boxing is more violent in my mind. By a country mile. Target shooting has exactly zilch to do with any aggressive like physically hitting another human.

Eight.years View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:19 AM Post #5
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I don't think target shooting is inherently violent. It's somebody mastering hand eye coordination for sport, much like archery. Boxing is always violent - let's face it, it's beating somebody up with rules. I wouldn't support my 16 year old son doing either. I wouldn't finance it, do drop offs or pick ups, or in any way be involved. I'd be suggesting another sport altogether. While I don't think target shooting makes somebody a violent person, I have an issue with guns. No child ever accidentally beat themselves to death after stumbling on a parents' improperly stored boxing glove. Nobody ever walked into a movie theatre and boxed 16 people to death. I know there are ways around both of the above, but I simply wouldn't be a party to an activity where a gun is a recreational item despite not seeing an actual connection between that specific activity and violence. This post has been edited by Sevenyears: 18/12/2012, 10:20 AM

follies View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:21 AM Post #6
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Thank you, didn't want to say my opinion before getting some replies. I just don't get how someone can punch people in the head for a living then criticize teaching gun safety.

flushthetoilet View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:22 AM Post #7
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How about archery as an option? I'm not crazy about either. But HATE boxing with a passion.

countrymel View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:22 AM Post #8
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Boxing is the one more likely to cause injury. The two things are SO far removed from each other it seems very hard to compare. I've done target shooting (I was good at it but it wasn't for me) but I wouldn't in a gazillion years ever dream of trying out boxing!

JRA View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:23 AM Post #9
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QUOTE (follies @ 18/12/2012, 10:21 AM) Thank you, didn't want to say my opinion before getting some replies. I just don't get how someone can punch people in the head for a living then criticize teaching gun safety. Um, neither can I. DS will probably take up target shooting when he is 16, as 16 I think is now the age, he goes to shooting competition with DH. It is a great family day. Picnic, lovely people.

steppy View Member Profile	18/12/2012, 10:27 AM Post #10
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Boxing, hands down. I believe boxers are regarded as lethal weapons, aren't they? It is not their gloves but their hands - don't they have to register them or something? They can kill you with one punch.

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