Background: My birthday gift to myself this year (yesterday was my 48th b-day), was a handgun safety and familiarization course at a local range. Class lasted four hours yesterday afternoon/evening, and I had so much fun that after class, I bought another box of ammo and went back into the range to play some more.

Today, I went back over for another hour of practice, hoping to try a different gun that someone else had been using yesterday (yesterday I used a Ruger SP101 revolver. Today, I used their GP100). I did alright yesterday, for a first-time shooter, but today, with the GP100, I almost demolished the center ring.

So here’s my burning question:

I told a couple friends about today, because I was so happy with my marksmanship, and it was so much fun for me. Each friend, when they heard I’d spent an hour at the range, and shot 200 rounds of ammo, said something along the lines of “Wow, taking out your frustrations, eh?”

**confused look**

Why do they automatically assume I was stressed/frustrated/angry? (one did mention anger) Can they not comprehend someone simply enjoying shooting?