I got into shooting in late 1985, or early in 1986. Handguns came along for me in 1987, and I was sworn in as a LEO later that year.
I left LE in 1991, and fell away from the "gun culture". A friend I met later, in 2000, got me to shoot with him when he took up the sport in around 2004. It didn't really stick for a few more years, until the summer of 2008. Then, it was all-speed ahead; I got my civilian-carry license, and the first of several more handguns to come since then.
So, from 1991 to about 2004, then another four-year hiatus.