I went to an indoor range the other weekend with my 8 year old son to get in some trigger time with .22 handguns. As we were leaving there was a young woman and young man signing in. She had the pistol case and gear and was saying to the two women who were running the range at that moment "He's never shot before." The young man then voluntered "I don't like guns." As I left, the three women were reassuring him that there was nothing to worry about and that he would enjoy it. I thought "Now, THAT'S something you don't see every day!" Times are changing, indeed.
By the way, when I take my son shooting we use blank paper and a Magic Marker to make custom targets: lions, vampires, zombies, etc. Everytime I'd send another one of his creations down range on the motorized target hanger, the entire firing line would crack up. It was fun.