Course on guns changed my mind(Canada)

torontosun.com ^ | 1 July, 2011 | Jenny Yuen

[Clive]

Thanks for the ping, fanfan.

[Quiller]

When we do it, the club is open only to the new shooters until the event is done. There is a nominal fee, and each shooting bay (area) is set up for a different shooting discipline -- bullseye pistol, long range rifle, rimfire plinking, action pistol, skeet/clays, cowboy action shooting, to name a few.

The ladies squad up in groups of 10 with a couple of club escorts who shephard each group through the day. They go through a safety briefing, then rotate through the different shooting discipline areas where experienced reps explain the discipline, the firearms used, and then a entry-level shooting stage.

In years past, both the NRA and Glock USA have been very supportive, including helping out with the cost of ammunition.

The NRA also has a program -- IIRC they call it the Appleseed Program, and previously they have had a program called Women on Target. Both are oriented to encouraging and preserving our shooting heritage.

[fanfan]

You’re welcome Clive.

[BobL]

Cool...I knew that there was some going on. We just have to keep reaching out. There’s no reason for any AMERICAN to have not shot a gun (other than physical or mental impairment). Now, after they shoot, if they still hate guns, that’s fine - at least they gave it a fair shake.

[Peet]

Guess I have been lucky Wife wise when it comes to firearms, Married over 50 years and she is still a bigger gun nut than I am. She was when we got hitched and a look at the his and hers in the gun safes makes it undebatable she has more of them than I do.

70 years old and she still reloads her own ammo and when we go out in the desert on ATV’s, she can spot where others have been shooting and is a brass scrounger extraordinaire.

Your real names wouldn't happen to be Burt and Heather would they?

Married over 50 years? You both are truly blessed.

[Debi911]

Well, it is the same at this house Sea Parrot. I OWN all the guns in this house. My husband is Canadian, believed similar to the woman in the original post in this thread.

I cried after the election, I shook in absolute fear from what our fellow countrymen and women had just done. I couldnt stand it anymore.

I took it into my own natural born American hands, and with the help of my sister, did what no one would of ever expected me to do. Even my husband.

Now he has shot them, especially the 12 gauge, but I prefer the semi automatic. The bruises on my shoulder from the 12 just were so unfeminine to me. :) But I do love the buckshot!

We shoot them when we go upnorth in northern Michigan, I have loads of practice rounds..and then the really good ammo that I save for anyone who has the balls to come into this house. Now those are impressive..

Seriously, I am a happy woman. And it all started in a gun range.

[Prince of Space]

Ditto here, too, Debi. I never shot a weapon until my son took me shooting in the desert for my 55th birthday. That was almost 3 years ago, and now hubby and I have two 9-mm handguns and a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. We moved from Scottsdale last year to more rural Maricopa and we've been able to do more target practice out here.

Mrs. Prince of Space

[jmacusa]

Feminism is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is about NOT being a victim. The Second Amendment. Best rape prevention in the world.

[BRITinUSA]

You can try doing some competitions... there are plenty of awesome women shooters in the USA and Canada, the icon below is to my web-site where you can see some video/photos of them in action..

[smokingfrog]

Just be sure to keep your eyes open.

[tlb]

Reminds me of a scene from the “West Wing”, where Secret Service agent Mark Harmon gives Press Secretary Alison Janey her first firearms instruction. Funny scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJx3JeAzAH0

[2nd amendment mama]