Archery – let me just have a say about Lars Andersen

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…before somebody tags me in stuff about him and I go off on a big rant and the tagger feels bad. Lars Anderson the ‘revolutionary archer’ has (or had, he might have taken it down) a video of him doing ‘Willian Tell’ shots where he shoots cans off people’s heads.

(until now he’s just done a bunch of sensationalist bullshit and ridiculous claims, which irritate me, but fine. This William Tell shit though, crosses a Line.)

Anybody handling weapons is familiar with that cardinal safety rule of ‘never point a weapon at something you’re not intending to shoot’ right? Yeah.

Lars Andersen is an arrogant, irresponsible asshole taking safety risks nobody should be taking, and I’m dreading the inevitable moment that among all the inspired backyard shooters who think this is SO AWESOME, some moron shoots some other moron in the head.

I say inevitable because every time I teach archery clinics to complete novices, I already have to explain why We Don’t Do That, Ever. People do not need the inspiration or encouragement from a ‘guru’.

Nusensei says it better and with less swearing: