In about 15 minutes with me at the range you'd get over that... I'd love to take your mother too.
My room-mates at school were the same way. If you've never been around them, they are forboding and unknown. I love bein' around people the first time they fire one. If it is done right, and the emphasis is on safety and they see how under control the situation is, I have never had newbies and even gun fearing liberals ~not~ have a really good time. And it changed their minds on guns.
You mom had different concerns with little ones around too. They change the whole situation.
Well, I've used a gun before (target shooting. I liked the rifles much more than the pistol). And like I said I'm probably going to get one. I'll just look into the local organizations and stuff. There must be some basic course I could take one Saturday...
And yes, I completely respect my mother's position, because kids and guns are a bad idea. At this point, six of the seven of us could be taught not to play with guns; but the little guy just doesn't have the same action-consequence sequencing yet. He'll do things that he knows will get him in trouble, and he can't keep his hands off things.
However, when we girls eventually start dating, I bet Dad gets a rifle.
Well, I've used a gun before (target shooting. I liked the rifles much more than the pistol). And like I said I'm probably going to get one. I'll just look into the local organizations and stuff. There must be some basic course I could take one Saturday...
And yes, I completely respect my mother's position, because kids and guns are a bad idea. At this point, six of the seven of us could be taught not to play with guns; but the little guy just doesn't have the same action-consequence sequencing yet. He'll do things that he knows will get him in trouble, and he can't keep his hands off things.
However, when we girls eventually start dating, I bet Dad gets a rifle.