quick-draw

I have written before on the evils of mounting a shotgun too quickly, as if it were a quick-draw contest between you and the bird.

Shotgun Slug Accuracy Tips from the American Slug Shooting Association 2009

All of this was presided over by the town marshal, Wild Windy Bill McKay, who was a quick-draw artist and singing cowboy as well as a daring and resourceful upholder of law and order on the violent frontier.

Buffalo Bill! The thrill of my life to have invented you! 2010

But whereas Tebowmania brings out the worst of our jingoistic, foam-finger-waving, faith-abusing tendencies as sports fans, Linsanity triggers a range of responses that treads lightly on the tightrope of rational fandom -- even in the face of globalization, quick-draw Internet memes, and the bully pulpit that is the comments section of most popular sports blogs.

Chi Tung: Linsanity: The Point God of Sports Memes Chi Tung 2012

The Republican candidate comes across well as consistent and sincere, but his quick-draw machismo will scare voters away.

Perry's Popping-Off Problem Peggy Noonan 2011

But whereas Tebowmania brings out the worst of our jingoistic, foam-finger-waving, faith-abusing tendencies as sports fans, Linsanity triggers a range of responses that treads lightly on the tightrope of rational fandom -- even in the face of globalization, quick-draw Internet memes, and the bully pulpit that is the comments section of most popular sports blogs.

Chi Tung: Linsanity: The Point God of Sports Memes Chi Tung 2012

But whereas Tebowmania brings out the worst of our jingoistic, foam-finger-waving, faith-abusing tendencies as sports fans, Linsanity triggers a range of responses that treads lightly on the tightrope of rational fandom -- even in the face of globalization, quick-draw Internet memes, and the bully pulpit that is the comments section of most popular sports blogs.

Chi Tung: Linsanity: The Point God of Sports Memes Chi Tung 2012

Given the harm that the bottom 5 to 10 percent of teachers cause, the quick-draw approach of the accountability hawks is understandable, even though their scatter-shot aim is bound to destroy the careers of many good educators.

John Thompson: Don't Go Off Rootin' and Tootin' and There Won't Be No Cuttin' nor Shootin' John Thompson 2011

Men weren't having quick-draw duels on frontier streets—they couldn't, for eminently practical reasons: The guns they carried were so liable to misfire that only a fool would keep a live round in the chamber.

New Tales of the Old West Lee Sandlin 2011

Given the harm that the bottom 5 to 10 percent of teachers cause, the quick-draw approach of the accountability hawks is understandable, even though their scatter-shot aim is bound to destroy the careers of many good educators.

John Thompson: Don't Go Off Rootin' and Tootin' and There Won't Be No Cuttin' nor Shootin' John Thompson 2011

His primary flaw appears to be a chesty, quick-draw machismo that might be right for an angry base but wrong for an antsy country.

Perry's Popping-Off Problem Peggy Noonan 2011