[LibKill]

Thanks, Cat, and you too Lurker.

I seldom give advice about firearms because it is very easy to forget something vital (eye protection being an example).

For someone like myself who was raised with firearms it is easy to forget that they are NOT household appliances.

[wimpycat]

Exactly. Even learning how to hold a gun properly doesn't come naturally. After a lifetime of cap guns and water pistols, what was the first thing I did when I picked up that rubber dummy revolver in the gun class? My finger went right for the trigger. Holding my index finger to the side of the...stock, I guess you call it, was completely unnatural for me and I had to consciously remember not to put my finger on the trigger until the moment I was ready to fire.

Practice, practice, practice...you don't want someone like me around a gun unless I know what I'm doing. That's why I want to take that beginner's class over again, since it's been a couple of years.

[Aric2000]

For someone like myself who was raised with firearms it is easy to forget that they are NOT household appliances.

LOL, that is my attitude as well, every wednesday I take out my CC weapon, a .32 CZ 70 and clean it and oil it. The neighbor fron next door stopped by, and I thought she was going to have a heart attack. Had no idea why she looked so skocked, then realized, duh, the woman is scared to death of guns. Didn't click with me for like 30 seconds.