A place for my piece

[boxxster]

I'm not going to argue whether or not you should have a right to have guns but the policies and cultural differences in the some of the southern states were shocking to me as a Canadian. I remember when I went to Orlando 2 years ago you had to be 16 to you use the weight room at the hotel but only 10 to shoot a gun at the range 10 minutes down the road! My visit to the shooting range was my first time shooting a gun and I can recall being really nervous about it (the first thing I shot was an AR15, which actually wasn't bad at all). The instructor reassured me that her 6yr old daughter shoots their family's AR15 all the time and its nothing be afraid about. When we were checking out, the gentleman at the front counter also proudly lifted his sweater to show off his 357 that he said he carries everywhere. Coming from Canada, I literally felt like I was in the wild west.

[Pdwight]

Yes they are quite dynamic, for me as an Instructor I would never condone letting a sub teen shoot any center-fire firearm, it would be a 22LR and for learning a single shot rifle.

I am a Rimfire fanatic, love the old guns and no recoil and no noise

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by boxxster

I remember when I went to Orlando 2 years ago you had to be 16 to you use the weight room at the hotel but only 10 to shoot a gun at the range 10 minutes down the road

In Michigan when I was 12 years old the state offered a gun safety program to certify young folks to use a high powered rifle deer hunting. It was about 4 hours long and taught in the local middle school by a state instructor. Can you imagine that today? After the course the kids were certified to hunt without supervision. It was mainly a safety course that I remember (and follow) to this day.

[boxxster]

Lol. Yep. That certainly wouldn't fly nowadays.