I'm friends with an asian woman at work. She's never had any exposure to guns before. Since I'm the office's most avid gun nut, she's overheard people talking about going shooting with me, and I expressed the view that if you really wanted to have an honest understanding of guns and gun owners she should come shooting with us some time. Originally, she and her husband were going to come, but he had to work and her daughter came with her instead. Lets call them Jack, Jill, and Jane.
I showed Jane and Jill basic gun safety, how to load and unload my guns, then set up some kinetic targets (steel plates and such) for them to shoot at. It was a pleasant sunny day, and there were a couple of other families at the range, including some little kids. Good atmosphere for nubies!
They were both having lots of fun and had big smiles on their faces, especially the daughter who's your typical antisocial teenage girl. We took a bunch of pictures of her shooting everything, including a 44 magnum, and I commented on how she was going to piss off all the boys at her school! She beamed!
Later, when we got back to her home, the wife Jane told her husband how much fun she had and that they needed to go buy a gun of their own. The husband Jack just stared at me for a second and then said "Previously, Jane told me we should never keep a gun in this house!". I really felt a stuck a blow against gun control at that moment, when someone that was against guns became a convert. All in all a good day!
I showed Jane and Jill basic gun safety, how to load and unload my guns, then set up some kinetic targets (steel plates and such) for them to shoot at. It was a pleasant sunny day, and there were a couple of other families at the range, including some little kids. Good atmosphere for nubies!
They were both having lots of fun and had big smiles on their faces, especially the daughter who's your typical antisocial teenage girl. We took a bunch of pictures of her shooting everything, including a 44 magnum, and I commented on how she was going to piss off all the boys at her school! She beamed!
Later, when we got back to her home, the wife Jane told her husband how much fun she had and that they needed to go buy a gun of their own. The husband Jack just stared at me for a second and then said "Previously, Jane told me we should never keep a gun in this house!". I really felt a stuck a blow against gun control at that moment, when someone that was against guns became a convert. All in all a good day!