learn2shoot
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Last Tuesday while waiting in line outside SCOTUS to hear some oral arguments I was approached by a Dutch reporter who had some questions. I spoke with her for a while about the ban, about guns in America and about shooting. She admitted that she had never shot before so I offered to teach her. She moved onto the next person without seeming too interested.
Last week I got an e-mail and she wants to take me up on her offer, we arrange to meet last night, and asked if she could bring a friend and I agreeed.
We met at the metro station and I drove us all to the NRA HQ range. I asked both if they had ever fired a gun before and she had not, and he had fired a bow once in high school We went over the fundamentals of safety and marksmanship and put up targets at 10'. He (the friend) fired the .22 and missed the 11" x 17" paper on the first shot, we went over the fundamentals again and he was able to keep it on the paper.
Now was her (the original reporter) turn to shoot and same setup with a .22 (except due to the noise she had plugs and muffs), she was able to hit 3/5 times a quarter sized dot at 10'!!! She fired about 15 shots and was done, I did not want to pressure her too much beyond that she she sat down.
While teaching her, he found a new friend (a guy I already knew) and was shooting 9mm .357 .38 special an AR-15 and a bunch of .22... and wanted to see what else was available to shoot from other people who were there.
If she was not returning to the Netherlands in a few weeks might become a shooter, but at least walked away with a "that was not so bad, it didn't hurt my hand, and it was fun" feeling. HE IS DEFINATELY HOOKED
Last week I got an e-mail and she wants to take me up on her offer, we arrange to meet last night, and asked if she could bring a friend and I agreeed.
We met at the metro station and I drove us all to the NRA HQ range. I asked both if they had ever fired a gun before and she had not, and he had fired a bow once in high school We went over the fundamentals of safety and marksmanship and put up targets at 10'. He (the friend) fired the .22 and missed the 11" x 17" paper on the first shot, we went over the fundamentals again and he was able to keep it on the paper.
Now was her (the original reporter) turn to shoot and same setup with a .22 (except due to the noise she had plugs and muffs), she was able to hit 3/5 times a quarter sized dot at 10'!!! She fired about 15 shots and was done, I did not want to pressure her too much beyond that she she sat down.
While teaching her, he found a new friend (a guy I already knew) and was shooting 9mm .357 .38 special an AR-15 and a bunch of .22... and wanted to see what else was available to shoot from other people who were there.
If she was not returning to the Netherlands in a few weeks might become a shooter, but at least walked away with a "that was not so bad, it didn't hurt my hand, and it was fun" feeling. HE IS DEFINATELY HOOKED