A British couple goes shooting for the first time

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Theohazard

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Today a British couple on vacation came over to the retail side of our gun shop/range after they finished shooting handguns for the first time. The husband was looking longingly at the AR-15s so I showed a few to him. He said he'd never even held one, let alone shot one. So I grabbed some ammo, my suppressor, and my AR and took them shooting.

The wife was a little scared and only managed one round through the AR, but the husband had a blast! A range employee brought over his SCAR 16 so the husband got to shoot that too. At the end he was talking about maybe moving to the US so he could own guns and the wife was already worrying about how much money he could end up spending on his new hobby.
 
Awesome little story. This kind of thing is the best PR for us and I bet you had a big smile yourself. KUDOS
 
Congratulations! You've sucessfully become the first person ever to cite an AR-15 as co-respondant in a British divorce proceeding!:eek::D
 
Great story, I wish more people could get hooked on shooting (responsibly of course). I don't mind when my husband brings home new guns or ammo.
 
What a great story, I always get a smile when I hear about stuff like this. Just like the post we had a while back about a bunch of German kids that got the chance to go to the range. Safety infractions up the wazoo, but still a nice thing to hear.

Always a pleasure to hear more folks getting into the hobby of firearms. We need all the ammo (pun intended) we can get to fight back against the gun grabbers.

Great work Theo, keep up the wonderful work :). I hope that couple does decide to come the US of A!
 
Great story.
Everytime Brits come into our shop, which is fairly frequently since we're in Florida, they want to hold black rifles and photograph each other.
They always seem to be grinning.
 
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Always good to hear stories like that. I would bet if all the anti-gunners had a chance to shoot a variety of guns, the vast majority would become gun owners.
 
Isn't it wonderful when people are allowed the freedom to discover for themselves what firearms and actual firearms enthusiasts are really all about, rather than having access to only the hysteria and lies that are fed to them by their governments? I love stuff like this.
 
I wonder what would happen if the British put it to a vote, restore their former gun rights or not? Politicians might be surprised.
 
Reportedly a recent poll cites something like 84% of Brits wanted to have the right to own firearms. I can't remember the source of the report.
 
Sounds like they had fun my brother and his son were in America and went to a few ranges they had a good days shooting. You don't have to be in America for the wife to complain about the amount of money spent on firearms. I live in the UK and get plenty of complaining from the wife.
 
Reportedly a recent poll cites something like 84% of Brits wanted to have the right to own firearms. I can't remember the source of the report.
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I saw that poll and it made just as much sense as the poll that said most Americans supported the background check bill. Most Brits are sheep that live in a nanny state and like it that way.

lark
 
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