Ashcons
Member
Hello,
I recently jumped at an opportunity presented in my community group for church and would like a little feedback for my approach. There is a college-age guy in the group who is planning on studying in China this next year. He has couple friends who he brought to the group last week, one from China and the other from Vietnam. After we finished with our group, I took the opportunity to talk to the two of them and invite them to go shooting and they both seemed a little excited to do something that is taboo in their culture and something they would otherwise not have the opportunity to do (both cultures prohibit or severely limit private firearm ownership).
My plan is to take them to an indoor range, since range options here are limited. I will bring 1 handgun (9mm - would take a .22 handgun if I owned one), 1 rifle (.22), and 1 shotgun (20-ga) to give them a limited variety to fire.
I will warn them that the indoor range can be loud even with hearing protection, so they might be a little jumpy for the first 10 minutes
We will go over the 4 firearm safety rules (prior to arriving at the range and at the range)
We will all wear hearing and eye protection
I will demonstrate each weapon's operation
Each will have the opportunity to shoot under direct 1-on-1 supervision
Each will have the opportunity, to switch lanes rather than guns to do some more shooting while I observe from the back
My guns, ammo, and I'll pay for the lane, so I'm hoping that it ends up being a safe and fun experience for them to take back and share in their respective countries when they finish their education here.
This was a spontaneous invitation and we will be going within a week or so - what am I leaving out?
I recently jumped at an opportunity presented in my community group for church and would like a little feedback for my approach. There is a college-age guy in the group who is planning on studying in China this next year. He has couple friends who he brought to the group last week, one from China and the other from Vietnam. After we finished with our group, I took the opportunity to talk to the two of them and invite them to go shooting and they both seemed a little excited to do something that is taboo in their culture and something they would otherwise not have the opportunity to do (both cultures prohibit or severely limit private firearm ownership).
My plan is to take them to an indoor range, since range options here are limited. I will bring 1 handgun (9mm - would take a .22 handgun if I owned one), 1 rifle (.22), and 1 shotgun (20-ga) to give them a limited variety to fire.
I will warn them that the indoor range can be loud even with hearing protection, so they might be a little jumpy for the first 10 minutes
We will go over the 4 firearm safety rules (prior to arriving at the range and at the range)
We will all wear hearing and eye protection
I will demonstrate each weapon's operation
Each will have the opportunity to shoot under direct 1-on-1 supervision
Each will have the opportunity, to switch lanes rather than guns to do some more shooting while I observe from the back
My guns, ammo, and I'll pay for the lane, so I'm hoping that it ends up being a safe and fun experience for them to take back and share in their respective countries when they finish their education here.
This was a spontaneous invitation and we will be going within a week or so - what am I leaving out?