I'll admit, it's a depressing subject.
Consider CAS, for instance. What's the average age of the participants in your club? Ya, I know, there's a few youngsters in the game but are there enough to save the sport? I'm not a member of my local SASS club but I know the average age and it's gotta be 70 +.
I've taken an interest in metallic silhouette shooting and I attended a local club match last weekend. The directors were all but begging me to join and at 60+ years of age I'd be in the below average age of members.
My local USPSA club is very active and attracts younger participants but they're running out of primers and powder!
I can't in good faith interest younger folks to start reloading because the shortage of components will make it all but impossible.
I read the other day that target shooting was the #1 sport in the U.S until baseball took the lead. Don't know if that's true or not but I fear that the shooting sports are dying a slow but inevitable death, and the anti gun political climate ain't helping matters any.
Am I all wet? Brighten my cynicism if you can.
If nothing else, maybe we can have a lively debate.