It may be a small victory, but it is a win none the less. My neighbor is a middle school teacher in her early 30's and was, until Saturday, an anti. We usually agree on most topics, but while at her house a few weeks ago for a game (she is a big baseball fan and has parties to watch the game) some how the topic of guns came up and she had all of the typical anti comments and misinformation. We all discussed firearms and such for a while until we agreed to disagree. Then a few days ago the discussion came up again, and I was able to, with the help of Mrs. Dogbonz to convince her to come to the range.
So, Saturday, we (the Teacher, the Mrs., and myself) went to the range. I went over safety, the operation of the pistol (a Ruger MkIII .22), safety, range rules, safety, how to line up the sights, and safety. I gave her both ear plugs and muffs to minimize noise. I let her get used to the noise, and then, as discussed, I placed one round in the mag, and inserted the mag in the pistol and laid it, blot locked back, on the table.
She nervously picked it up, acquired the sights, squeezed the trigger and put a round almost dead center. She placed the gun down and turned around with a giant smile and began jumping and clapping saying; “That was soooo much fun. Did you see that? I hit the bull’s eye. OMG. I did it, I did it. Can I go again?”
She shot a bunch more from the 22, and then asked to shoot my Python, so I grabbed some min loaded 38spl target loads that I had and let her loose with the Python. She did very well with the revolver and she and the Mrs. shot up the rest of the light loads and had a great time.
She has recanted all of her anti beliefs and is now a convert. She said that she could not believe how much fun it was and was calling all of her friends on the car ride home to tell them about it. She called the Mrs last night to see when we can go again and asked to take her sister.
^^^ See post #13 for pics from after the range^^^
So, Saturday, we (the Teacher, the Mrs., and myself) went to the range. I went over safety, the operation of the pistol (a Ruger MkIII .22), safety, range rules, safety, how to line up the sights, and safety. I gave her both ear plugs and muffs to minimize noise. I let her get used to the noise, and then, as discussed, I placed one round in the mag, and inserted the mag in the pistol and laid it, blot locked back, on the table.
She nervously picked it up, acquired the sights, squeezed the trigger and put a round almost dead center. She placed the gun down and turned around with a giant smile and began jumping and clapping saying; “That was soooo much fun. Did you see that? I hit the bull’s eye. OMG. I did it, I did it. Can I go again?”
She shot a bunch more from the 22, and then asked to shoot my Python, so I grabbed some min loaded 38spl target loads that I had and let her loose with the Python. She did very well with the revolver and she and the Mrs. shot up the rest of the light loads and had a great time.
She has recanted all of her anti beliefs and is now a convert. She said that she could not believe how much fun it was and was calling all of her friends on the car ride home to tell them about it. She called the Mrs last night to see when we can go again and asked to take her sister.
^^^ See post #13 for pics from after the range^^^
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You mean her eyes didn't turn red, she didn't grow bat wings and claws and fly into the air with the pistol mercilessly killing everyone within a 4-mile radius until the National Guard showed up, called the President and was forced to use a small-yield tactical nuke on her!?
