My mother has said two surprising things to me recently.
1. Today we were discussing the D.C. ban (in the context of stuff I'm doing for class actually) and she admitted that she now thinks allowing the citizens of D.C. to have guns in their homes will make people safer and lower the crime rate.
2. She expressed an interest in going to the shooting range with me. Being a noob myself I'm not sure how qualified I am to be teaching a new shooter. I'd be likely to teach her how to push & break her wrists up. (According to New Jovian Thunderbolt's targets I think that's what I'm doing wrong) I suppose teaching her the 4 rules and letting her put some lead downrange can't be a bad thing.
The only issue with this is I'm not sure how to bring her shooting without divulging that her son does in fact own guns, and has for quite some time. (and an "evil assault weapon too) You know how parents are, super overprotective and worried all the time about their "babies...."
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"You know how parents are, super overprotective and worried all the time about their "babies....""
Luckily I didn't have to go through that; my dad taught me to shoot the .22 rifle and pistol at five years old, I was hunting cottontails at seven, and at ten I was introduced to the 1911.
Take her! Take her! Do it!
Bob - Must have been nice. Both my parents are afraid of guns. One is hopeless, but my mom at least concedes that her fear is irrational. Even if she never *likes* guns or personally wants to own one, she does seem like she's now capable of discussing the issue rationally. She may never be "pro-gun" but she's coming around and leaving ignorance behind. I think that's great.
Breda - As far as getting her to the range, we'll see. I'd really rather not drive there with her, pull a few guns out of the trunk and go "oh yeah, I own 4 guns."
It probably wouldn't be a big deal, but it'd put her in the situation of having to hide something from my dad. He'd flip out of he knew I owned any, and nothing I could say could make him *feel* better about it.
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he threw me out of the house for owning guns. He's that irrational, and getting thrown out this close to graduation would be really bad timing. Not to mention that in his condition my getting him really angry again could actually kill him.
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