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Jul 16, 2019 13:34:54   #
Vietnam Vet
 
having the time of her life



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Jul 16, 2019 13:47:19   #
Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida
 
Hope she doesn’t shoot anybody.

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Jul 16, 2019 13:47:53   #
Lknack Loc: NOCO
 
Good way to bring her up---just need to teach how to hold it right--lk

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Jul 16, 2019 14:11:21   #
samantha90 Loc: Fort Worth,Texas
 
Vietnam Vet wrote:
having the time of her life


Did she shoot it?

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Jul 16, 2019 14:21:43   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
Kmgw9v wrote:
Hope she doesn’t shoot anybody.


Pretty unlikely cuz her hand is nowhere near the trigger, but I'm sure all anti-gun alarmists already know this.

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Jul 16, 2019 14:32:54   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Vietnam Vet wrote:
having the time of her life


May be he is just showing her the Zeiss scope. LOL

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Jul 16, 2019 15:51:40   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Kmgw9v wrote:
Hope she doesn’t shoot anybody.


Unless they really need to be shot.

Someone once said most of our problems could be solved by a three day open season on professional politicians and bureaucrats.

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Jul 16, 2019 16:51:37   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
robertjerl wrote:
Unless they really need to be shot.

Someone once said most of our problems could be solved by a three day open season on professional politicians and bureaucrats.


A month would be better.

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Jul 16, 2019 19:17:03   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
fantom wrote:
A month would be better.


Nah, if they get enough of the worst of them in the 3 days most of the rest would be "scared straight" and either retire or start doing their jobs right to keep the citizens from having another open season.

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Jul 16, 2019 22:33:42   #
Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV
 
It's good to teach them young. Mine were shooting at the range small rifle and small pistol at around 10 years.

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Jul 17, 2019 02:09:23   #
Wallen Loc: Middle Earth
 
robertjerl wrote:
Unless they really need to be shot.

Someone once said most of our problems could be solved by a three day open season on professional politicians and bureaucrats.


Still waiting for the day...



My kid on her very first live fire;

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Jul 17, 2019 02:51:19   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
I grew up in small town Western Kentucky, farm country. Everyone hunted, fished, target shot etc.
Boys (and some girls) usually got their first BB gun around age 8 or so, they got to shoot real guns under supervision. By about 12 they often got a 22 or shotgun for hunting. Some families started their kids younger, some older.
Hunting season started the same week as school around Sep 1. 15-20 minutes after school got out you saw kids as young as 9 with a 22 or single shot shotgun strapped on the handle bars of a bike heading to the woods along the Ohio River to go hunting. Or riding in the back of a pickup driven by their Dad, Uncle, Older brother. Yes riding in the bed of a pickup truck was legal and we did it all the time. We were smart enough to know to stay seated and hold on.

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Jul 17, 2019 02:56:20   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Wallen wrote:
Still waiting for the day...



My kid on her very first live fire;

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Looks like she has a good start. She is lucky to have you for a parent.

I started our youngest, Jasmine, with a child size 22 target rifle at age 9 (it had been her oldest brother's when he was the same age). She also got to try 22 pistols. At about 14 I started her on large caliber pistols at the indoor range. She takes after her mother, the bigger the hole and the bigger the boom the more she liked it. But Mom favored my 45 auto, Jasmine liked my 44 Magnum.
It didn't hurt or warp either of them. Mom (Debra was 18 when we married and I taught her to shoot.) finished college and became a Nurse. Jasmine is starting her second year of medical school aiming at being a surgeon.

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Jul 17, 2019 04:56:52   #
Wallen Loc: Middle Earth
 
robertjerl wrote:
Looks like she has a good start. She is lucky to have you for a parent.

I started our youngest, Jasmine, with a child size 22 target rifle at age 9 (it had been her oldest brother's when he was the same age). She also got to try 22 pistols. At about 14 I started her on large caliber pistols at the indoor range. She takes after her mother, the bigger the hole and the bigger the boom the more she liked it. But Mom favored my 45 auto, Jasmine liked my 44 Magnum.
It didn't hurt or warp either of them. Mom (Debra was 18 when we married and I taught her to shoot.) finished college and became a Nurse. Jasmine is starting her second year of medical school aiming at being a surgeon.
Looks like she has a good start. She is lucky to ... (show quote)


Thanks.
Its nice to know you & your family enjoyed shooting too.

I started at a very young age and merely passing the torch.

I believe it is better to be taught properly than for children to explore guns on their own. We use range time as bonding moments as I work abroad and it is also a weight of my shoulder to know they can protect themselves if needed while i'm not home.

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Me & my very first shooter
Me & my very first shooter...

Wifey is pretty good at it too
Wifey is pretty good at it too...

Caught the fire & sparks!
Caught the fire & sparks!...

The sight was off LOL
The sight was off LOL...

Lookout she's got a dog...
Lookout she's got a dog......

...and knows how to use it too!
...and knows how to use it too!...

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Jul 17, 2019 06:20:53   #
johneccles Loc: Leyland UK
 
I find this post very disturbing and nothing to do with photography.

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