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Singlesix (post #1)

I wonder how the son got the idea that it would be anything other than fun>??? Momma, Grandma, teacher?? Ideas?
 
Langenc: No ideas there. No anti-gun types in my immediate family, or at least, none that I know of. Frankly, I think it was just my boys being themselves..somewhat obstinate, and resistant to changes in their routine. THAT, they got from me.;)
 
Aarond

I hear you. So many kids and young folks have had to learn shooting from books or internet. Was lucky that we all grew up with it at an early age with BB guns and progressing from there. Dad's big thing was safety first above all else, down to knowing what is behind or over what you MAY want to shoot at. Have starting grandsons on BB guns and if they don't listen I lock them back up.
 
Aarond,
Sometimes I like taking others a bit closer to my age shooting, other times I dont. I say I don't, because in the case of taking my girlfriend, she turned out to be a better shot than me :eek: In my defense, that was with clays and I don't do much of that :rolleyes:

-Max
 
Last month my friend and I entered a sporting clay shoot with our son's - They're both grown and in grad school. We were the only Father-Son Father-Son Team out of the 40 teams. We got 3rd place.

When my son, who's very competitive, asked me why
I was so proud of "just third place"?, I said:

"You'll know when you get to teach your kids to shoot!"
 
tread lightly...

glad the whole family had a fun outing.

i will tell you that my father regrets that i despise activities that he enjoys because i was forced to participate as a child.

"making" a child have fun can backfire.

there is nothing "obviously" or intrinsically enjoyable about shooting. anymore than stamp collecting is intrinsically enjoyable. it's not for everybody.

what's another way to interest young shooters, besides compelling them to participate?
 
Darkhelmet: I'm with you. As previously stated, I was never one to force my interests on my kids. But with something as important as shooting, I finally realized that they needed a little push. I had made up my mind that if, after the aforementioned range outing, they decided it still just wasn't for them, I'd leave it alone. Thankfully, they loved it, and now that door has been opened for them. Perhaps one reason I have an aversion to sports is due to an overbearing step-father who would sometimes force me to play outdoor games. Be that as it may, I think that every kid that's [hopefully] destined to become an upstanding citizen should at least know how to handle firearms...even if it never really becomes a hobby.
 
Firm believer that when young people learn firearm safety and marksmanship at a young age, they grow up to use guns for good reasons.

Your kids may go into law enforcement, military, or get into hunting or sport shooting.
 
I took all 3 of my kids out shooting at 4 Years. Sadly the are grown up ane none of them like firearms....so much for my collection being passed down.
 
what's another way to interest young shooters, besides compelling them to participate?
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Let them stay home. Take everyone else. Tin cans. Lots of tin cans. WHen you get back home and there's a small hoo haw from the kids that went "did you see that shot I made?!...I hit it before you did...and so forth, they realized they missed out and they want to go next time. :)
 
+1 to Single Six for only loading one round at first in the .45. Youtube is packed with videos of morons loading large bore handguns completely and letting kids/inexperienced women fire them. Exhibit A:

http://youtu.be/C4OE78spknk

She's lucky that thing wasn't pointed at her head or someone else's when the second round exited the pipe... :eek:
 
HisDudeness: Thanks for the affirmation. That video you posted was exactly what I was thinking of when I loaded just the one round.
 
Nothing gives me greater satisfaction then introducing young people to our shooting society. I have three sons. A daughter was not in the cards. If the grandkids want to shoot that's fine with me. We have always enjoyed our constititutional rights for RKBA and hunting & shooting. Lets hope our rights don't change in the future.

Shooting sports may not be for everyone, but until they & their parents experience it, no one knows if they want to participate or not.
During the last six months, our range has been so busy that you have trouble getting a shooting station.
I am encouraged by the number of families that participate! I hope that we are becoming a society that has found something that we can do together, be safe at, do as a family, and protect ourselves in the process.
 
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