dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Glad to read your post. I was a deputy with Santa Barbara Sheriffs Office. I took my son and daughter shooting from about age 3. Of course they did not have control of the firearm, usually a 2 inch .22 revolver, but I held it and let them squeeze the trigger. As they progressed to where they held the revolver my hand was around theirs helping them aim and if course controlling the muzzle for safety. All the while there was conversation regarding safety, safety and then safety for good measure. I had some loaded firearms around the house and the House Rule was that they never touch any firearms unless I was home. They had permission to ask to see the guns whenever they wanted. Occasionally they would ask to see this gun or that gun. I took the opportunity to show them every time how to check to be sure the gun was loaded or not and to make it safe.

Guns are not good or bad. They do what they are made to do by whoever is holding them just as is a hammer, vehicle or other tool.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Great post of your daughter and the rifle. If she was holding a camera or a fishing rod, maybe a basketball, the member from the UK wouldn’t bat an eye. But since he is from the UK where subjects (I do mean subjects and not citizens) are trained that guns are bad he feels threatened. A shame.

I commend you on raising your daughter in the shooting sports.

Dennis

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Well now, that weapon can do some damage. I not talking about the rifle. I'm writing about how the photograph worked out. I hope you don't mind a critique.

The photographer needs to be at eye level to your granddaughter. The photographer should be off to one side. If you want a more dramatic photograph, the photo should be directly in front of the barrel. Make sure the bolt is open and no shells are in the chamber. Her hands and shoulder at an angle should be in correct position for firing and her arm muscles clearly delineated.
Both eyes should be open. (You see twice as much!)
If a round is fired, make sure you have the ISO dialed as low as possible. The shutter speed should be fast. The aperature should be as high as possible. You definitely want to see a muzzle flash, a shell ejecting or a puff of smoke following the shot. Do as many shots as possible before, during and after the round. This is what I call Blitzing. Keep jockeying (moving ever so slightly) while pressing the shutter.
Then show us the results.

Happy (and Safe) Shooting!

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

By the way, I noticed your User Name is Vietnam Vet.
So let me write "Thank You for your Service."

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

Johnecccles, I find your post to be very disturbing

bob7fred

Good for her. Hope she does well.

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

:sm24

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

I find you very disturbing and that has to do with every thlng.

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

Leon S Loc: Minnesota

My son at the age of eight was given a ticket from a game warden. He was going hunting with his bb gun after getting off the school bus. The ticket was for transporting a fire arm on a vehicle (his bike) without it being in a case. The game warden made no friends that day.

waynecrowley Loc: enerywhere/anywhere

waynecrowley Loc: enerywhere/anywhere

It's in ChitChat.
Guns exist and always will, best to teach them respect early. You teach safety with cars and electricity, why not guns?

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

In my opinion that was one very chicken shit game warden. A BB gun is not a firearm for one thing. He could have handled it much more effectively without issuing a citation. He taught the young man nothing and made an enemy that day. A shame.

Dennis

Paul J. Svetlik Loc: Colorado

Anyone has a picture of a two years old aiming a howitzer?

MSW

warning! danger! cranky libertarian is approaching!

(there- -you've been warned)

we have a duty to watch out for ourselves, our families, and (to some extent) our neighbors. all part of the BIG SOCIAL CONTRACT thingy … so, what happens if you blow this off and decide that it's 'too hard,' or that it's 'not worth the effort,' or that you 'don't want to get involved?'

you abrogate this duty art the expense of your freedom, and potentially your dignity and your self respect.


you let the government do it, and we all know how well the government performs … really, what has the federal government managed to get right since the end of the Second World War? … one failed policy after another … with the exception of the Peace Corps and the Apollo moon shot, it's been one disaster after another … and now they want to tell us that banning guns will keep us safe … well, i'm pretty sure that i'm safe from my leftie neighbor shooting me (but then again, she never owned a gun, never shot a gun, doesn't have the mechanical aptitude required to even load a gun, and is convinced that guns are bad ((and toaster ovens are promiscuous)) so there's little chance of me catching a stray round from her direction). the gang of druggies in town, well that might be another problem...

well you 'don't need a [fill in the blank, usually whatever the latest madman has used- the AR15 platform is popular now] to defend yourself … remember Joe Biden "get a shotgun?" then he advises to stand on your front porch and 'let off both barrels,' which (a) empties your gun and (b) in most places constituted assault or attempted murder with a deadly weapon … welcome to the ranks of the convicted felons … thanks, Joe, and could you ask your secret service detail to pick up their empty shell casings next time?

now, after their wonderful performance in the past, some government bureaucrat will decide what system I do or don't need in order to protect myself? no, thanks, i'll make that call for myself.


but I digress … the "gun control' issue isn't about guns. it's about control. (and mob rule)


now I don't advocate open season on politicians - just get off your collective dead duff and get down to the polls and vote the lazy so-ands out of office … and when you drive by them, wave at them (you need not use all of your fingers).

my leftie neighbor came knocking at my door some years ago, all frantic and out of breath, and asked if I really had a gun. I said that I might, and why did she want to know - this some sort of list of all the guns you want the cops to come and confiscate? (this town is so small we don't have a police department) … she said no, THERE'S A BEAR!! and I asked what the bear was doing, and she wanted me to go shoot the bear, and I asked what the bear was doing, and after we went through "there's a bear..." several times, I told her that I wouldn't shoot anything unless she described what the bear was doing... it seems that the bear in question was making a mess in her compost pile, going after watermelon rinds. I told her that I had no interest in shooting a bear, out of season, without a license, over bait, huh?? lady, leave the bear alone, isn't that what the game warden told you?


have you noticed that in the 'big city' where you're a boatload more likely to become the victim of a violent crime, you aren't allowed to carry anything which you might use to defend yourself? gun, knife, sword, big stick, mace, etc.? out here in the weird places, I can carry anything I want, but I don't feel the need to do so … around here, it's not really necessary.

unless I have to protect my watermelon rinds from the depredations of marauding black bears.


by the way, I liked the photo.


Regards!

Cranky Old Man




ok- -rant is over … it's safe to come out now.