I'm a trained long range shooter and, of course, with handguns as well; I pride myself on how good I am at it, and the other elements around the skill.

Having guns (and the licensing and other requirements) is costly here too, but it's one of the things I'm good at and for over 35 years I've been involved with owning and using firearms in various applications. I enjoy it and enjoy the confidence being a good shooter brings.

No gun shops there? I live in a small city and State of only about 1.2 million people and we have 12-15 gun shops, maybe even a few more.

As for annual leave...

I have 20 working days all up each year (4 weeks). I also have an additional 10 days as paid sick leave and 3 days as bereavement leave (when someone in my family dies) each year. That's about the standard. I also accrue days in lieu which means additional days off during the working week on those occasions I work on a Saturday or Sunday. I generally gain about 20-25 of those days each year to take in the working week when I want to, or to use instead of my sick leave days. These days mean I work the Saturday or Sunday for no pay but get paid them when I take them in the working week. It's a good system that I'm happy with.

I actually take time off when and as required, like a few hours here or there for appointments like the dentist. My company pay me for this time because they know how hard I work and what value I bring, which is nice.

Hopefully that makes it clear.

Also, yep I reckon I'll do the shooting thing...it'll be a good event and I think there's some fuckers that need to be beaten! 😬