Target shooting is a sport all on its own, and is probably the single most prevalent application of firearms in the US.
Sure, and locksport isn't just practice for burglary. The point is guns are a lot closer to specific forced-entry tools (lockpicks or Metasploit) than to computers in general.
target practice is to racing, as shooting people (or hunting) is to a road trip.
running over people doesn't require that much speed, but lots of agility. if you're driving really fast,a person will get out of the way, and you won't be able to turn fast enough to intercept them.