Viva La Handgun

Guns Magazine, June, 2001 by Massad Ayoob

It came into vogue some 20 years ago to refer to contestants at combat handgun matches as "shootists." This did not please Col. Jeff Cooper, the eminence grise of the discipline. He remarked crisply that the proper term was "shottist."

Which is correct? Hell, don't ask me. I still say "ain't," and I probably didn't even spell eminence grise correctly.

However, I submit this final point, and then we'll give this particular column its own coup de grace.

If we shoot with style and with grace, with panache and elan shouldn't each of us be...a shootiste?