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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
My sister thought she was ill suited to use a firearm. We kept one in the house growing up and she was told to not touch it at all. She was taught rudimentary gun handling of "it's dangerous, don't point it at anyone ever, and don't touch it."
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Seems a reasonable thing to teach children in those homes that have firearms. It will never be an issue in ours.
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She was always afraid of guns, and one day I took her to the shooting range, rented some guns and bought some ammo. A couple hours later she was informed enough to handle a gun if need be, meaning she's familiar with the way it operates, how to handle it, aim it, and pull the trigger. She's familiar with the recoil, the smell of gunpowder, the sound of the blast.
She's not a large girl, she's small 5'4 102lbs, and she fired a .44. She did quite well at aiming at the paper targets on both targets and body form.
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Good for her. It turns out she wasn't ill suited to using guns.
Neither aiming at targets nor at people appeals to me, I don't like them, and I won't have a gun in my home, so I think I'd rather just stick with avoiding them altogether. It's worked for me so far.
Gilda