The other day at the range a guy i know from trap club had two of his step-grandkids from florida with him. One was a "valley girl" type and the other was a teenage latino fellow. they were shooting .22s but had alot fother stuff there they werent shooting.
I had a new Romy G AK i had just gotten to try out. I was talking with them and they said they forgot ear plugs. I walked back to my car and gave them all some extra faom plugs i kept in my trunk. Both kids were genuinly surprised to see me just give them away.
I went over and did my shooting and came back about 20 minutes later. the grandpa was trying to teach the girl how to hold and shoot a .22 pistol but wasnt doing a very good job (he's about 80 years old). He knows i shoot alot of handgun and asked me to give her a few pointers. I showed her proper grip and dynamic tension and how to squeeze the trigger with the pad of her finger.
She was a littel ditzy at first but got the hang of it. the boy was looking over my Ak pretty hard and i gave him a coupel mags to burn through. He asked me if i wanted money for ussing it. I said no, have a good time. He siad thanks and walked over to the rifle range. the girl menawhile wanted to shoot something bigger and i loaned her my glock 17.
She shot about 30 rounds and asked grandpa if she sould try his revolver. He went to his pickup and pulled out a Ruger .44 Mag! I figured one or two and thatd be all she wrote. She commenced to fire a whole 50 round box and siad that this gun fits me good. Il have to get mom to buy me one when i get home!
The boy came back with a mile wide smile and a empty rifle. I took him over to my car and pulled out my AR-180B and asked if he wanted to try that out. He nodded and i gave him a couple mags for it too. He said thanks and went back to shooting. The grandpa was shooting an old M1 carbine (inland mfg number matching
) And everybody was having a good time.
Now normally i dont get a chance to mix much with other races. I live in a predominatnly white community on the edge of an indian reservation. So i see white and indian. The latino boy was polite and said thank you and acted like a good kid. totally non sterotype for latinos. When we were done shooting both kids shook my hand and said they were glad to have met me and thank you for letting us shoot your guns. I said no problem. They both said this was the first time they had ever shot real guns in thier lives and they intended to do it as they could when they got home.
They seemed genuinly impressed that someone they had just met would hand over his own guns to let them try out just cause they asked to, for free and with ammo to boot. I guess i consider it money well spent. To get back on topic this incident taught me that anybody can be into shooting even if they;ve never done it before and no matter what race they are. This is what scares the liberals the most. the simple fact that a day at teh range can be a fun, family activity that creates bonds between parents and kids and makes them generally safer people.
That and the fact that somewhere in florida there lives a girl who can outshoot most men (me included) with a .44 magnum!
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