CatSnoutSoup
NES Member
Today was her first time ever live firing.
She had been a very strong 2A proponent in principle, but had been reticent to handle firearms herself. She feared she was not mechanically adept enough and would make a procedural mistake that might injure someone.
I told her she was a smart and capable woman that should have no problem mastering safe procedure with thorough practice. With that in mind we had numerous living room training sessions. However, she still pulled up short of actually going to the range to shoot -- until today!
I asked her early this morning did she want to go to the range with me mid afternoon when it is not crowded. She said yes, and even though it was unspoken by either of us, I sensed that today would be the day she would try her hand at live fire.
I packed just the guns that she had been familiarized with, a Ruger SR-22 and Sig P238. Fortunately we had the upper range at LSA all to ourselves which allowed her to considerate and hear my instruction. After her initial nervousness she really took to it and ended up shooting over a 100 rounds between the two guns.
For the first time ever shooting she did really well, consistently getting on a 6 inch target at 5 yards, and just as importantly safely clearing two failures on the Ruger.
You could not wipe the grin off my face while we were driving home.
She had been a very strong 2A proponent in principle, but had been reticent to handle firearms herself. She feared she was not mechanically adept enough and would make a procedural mistake that might injure someone.
I told her she was a smart and capable woman that should have no problem mastering safe procedure with thorough practice. With that in mind we had numerous living room training sessions. However, she still pulled up short of actually going to the range to shoot -- until today!
I asked her early this morning did she want to go to the range with me mid afternoon when it is not crowded. She said yes, and even though it was unspoken by either of us, I sensed that today would be the day she would try her hand at live fire.
I packed just the guns that she had been familiarized with, a Ruger SR-22 and Sig P238. Fortunately we had the upper range at LSA all to ourselves which allowed her to considerate and hear my instruction. After her initial nervousness she really took to it and ended up shooting over a 100 rounds between the two guns.
For the first time ever shooting she did really well, consistently getting on a 6 inch target at 5 yards, and just as importantly safely clearing two failures on the Ruger.
You could not wipe the grin off my face while we were driving home.