How old were you when you first shot a gun...

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  • leahfit77
    leahfit77 Posts: 18 Member
    Never...I'm more of a hippy *kitten*. But maybe someday!
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    15
  • lesleyloo7879
    lesleyloo7879 Posts: 439 Member
    6 my dad was a range master for the police department ..... I can remember picking up the brass for mad dad to re fill the Ammo.
  • headofphat
    headofphat Posts: 1,597 Member
    young kid, not sure how old.
  • bound2bfit
    bound2bfit Posts: 1 Member
    23 my husband started working at the shooting range. My first gun I used was Sig Saur 45! I loved shooting it so much I bought my own HK 40 soon after!
  • michaelafoor916
    michaelafoor916 Posts: 710 Member
    I want to say 7 or 8 with the good ol .22 and have kept moving up to bigger and bigger guns. that .300 win mag is fun as hell to shoot
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    18 or so. Shooting is wonderful stress relief along with all the other things one can do. I always wanted to try biathlon, but it just hasn't happened. Those people are amazing athletes.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I was 28. A friend who was a policeman took me shooting with his .45. I was scared, and, though aiming for the chest, consistently shot out the area where the testicles would be if man targets had testicles. I've gotten a lot better since then!
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    I was 8 and my grandpa guided me through shooting some sort of rifle, killed my shoulder lol. And then our church youth group went to a shooting range (im from the deep south if you cant tell.) and were trained by a cop on how to shoot various pistols and a .22. Pretty cool, dont own a gun myself though.
  • pichiPurinsesu
    pichiPurinsesu Posts: 776 Member
    never have - and i'm 30 this year
  • davidcliff
    davidcliff Posts: 144 Member
    .22 and 20ga in Cub Scouts 9,10,11 somewhere in there. First hunting trip around 12-13.
    Took my 11y.o. daughter shooting this past summer with a 20ga she won at a local Delta Waterfowl Banquet.
  • michaelafoor916
    michaelafoor916 Posts: 710 Member
    davidcliff wrote: »
    .22 and 20ga in Cub Scouts 9,10,11 somewhere in there. First hunting trip around 12-13.
    Took my 11y.o. daughter shooting this past summer with a 20ga she won at a local Delta Waterfowl Banquet.

    that's awesome
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    In my late 20s, at the range with my now-husband. We've gone a few times together since. He really wants a gun of his own, but I've told him I don't want one in the house because I have a short temper and excellent aim...and I would feel real bad after shooting him.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    I was maybe 41 or so. I'm 46 now. My ex and his uncle took me to a shooting range and taught me. I was a really good shot but I jumped whenever anyone else fired. The first gun was a .22. The second was some kind of revolver but I didn't like that one. One day I'd like to have one at home before that right gets taken away.
  • Justn7883
    Justn7883 Posts: 4,764 Member
    I was 10 with my dad. Was a ruger .22. I was SO worried what my mom would say! She didn't like guns.
  • matthewd88
    matthewd88 Posts: 4 Member
    5 it was a .45 cal muzzleloader :D had black powder coming out my nose for awhile after
  • hamlet1222
    hamlet1222 Posts: 459 Member
    Am I the only one here scratching my head at how everyone else seems to think children firing guns is a good thing?
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    Yep !
  • Ws2016
    Ws2016 Posts: 432 Member
    9 or 10, dad bought me my first shotgun at 13, which I still use 46 years later. Shooting is a great sport, so many ways to do it and challenge yourself, plus the social aspect of it.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    hamlet1222 wrote: »
    Am I the only one here scratching my head at how everyone else seems to think children firing guns is a good thing?

    This isn't a political thread. If you don't understand now you never will, but teaching children responsibility is part of raising responsible adults, and you can better believe that teaching children to shoot requires plenty of supervision.
  • bwb87
    bwb87 Posts: 20 Member
    edited March 2016
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    hamlet1222 wrote: »
    Am I the only one here scratching my head at how everyone else seems to think children firing guns is a good thing?

    This isn't a political thread. If you don't understand now you never will, but teaching children responsibility is part of raising responsible adults, and you can better believe that teaching children to shoot requires plenty of supervision.

    +1. I will teach my kids when I have some and they're old enough. I wish I grew up with firearms but I didn't fire my first shot til this year and I'm 28. Gun ownership requires you to surrender yourself to and embrace a necessary culture of safety and responsibility. If any one is being unsafe, they're usually called out and corrected in the community. Unfortunately, as with anything, there are negligent dumbasses out there.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    WeekendWarriorTX wrote: »
    I don't know how young I was, but my granddad took me plinking with his .22. around 8-10 i want to say.

    For those that haven't and say they never will, why?

    Well my answer is never and never plan to.

    Why?

    Well, I do not live on a farm nor am I interested in shooting ranges. Nor do I work in an occupation like police where I would be armed ( in Australia)
    Most people in Australia do not own guns unless they fit into one of the above categories.
    I have no need or desire to ever shoot a gun

  • ryanflebbe
    ryanflebbe Posts: 188 Member
    It's funny how people from Europe haven't even seen a gun, or can't imagine owning or shooting one. People from America can't imagine not. Worlds apart. I have no idea about myself, but my son was 6.
  • rvaldezlpn
    rvaldezlpn Posts: 11 Member
    I was 26, took a basic pistal course and shot .22, 9mm & 45 .... Now try to go to the range at least monthly
  • Spuffz
    Spuffz Posts: 49 Member
    34 and I now own a lovely Gamo (air pistol, I'm in the UK, plus my aim is nowhere good enough to get my shot gun licence yet, I'd be deadly lol)

    Love going to the range, even if I do shriek and close my eyes... :-)

  • michaelafoor916
    michaelafoor916 Posts: 710 Member
    hamlet1222 wrote: »
    Am I the only one here scratching my head at how everyone else seems to think children firing guns is a good thing?

    Probably not the only one but you would probably be surprised on how many people believe it IS a good thing. Educating children on the proper use of a firearm is something I believe every kid should be taught regardless of their parents, where they live, etc.. That doesn't mean they have to go out and use one, own one, or even be pro-gun. Teaching them how to use one safely, if nothing else, means they won't pick one up and accidentally shoot someone and they will know how to be disciplined with one.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    michaela_g09 wrote: »
    hamlet1222 wrote: »
    Am I the only one here scratching my head at how everyone else seems to think children firing guns is a good thing?

    Probably not the only one but you would probably be surprised on how many people believe it IS a good thing. Educating children on the proper use of a firearm is something I believe every kid should be taught regardless of their parents, where they live, etc.. That doesn't mean they have to go out and use one, own one, or even be pro-gun. Teaching them how to use one safely, if nothing else, means they won't pick one up and accidentally shoot someone and they will know how to be disciplined with one.

    They are extremely unlikely to pick one up and accidentally shoot someone if they have no guns around for them to do so.
    Such accidental gun shootings by children are unheard of in most countries.
    So, no, every kid does not need to be taught how to use a firearm wherever they live.

    I never was and nor did I need to. Nor were my children or any other children I know. Nor would anyone I know agree to that premise.


  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Most countries don't trust their citizens...
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    I was 8. .22. Before that BB. Born and raised around guns.
    My dad was 4 and his 7 year old uncle took him out shooting.
    My brother took his oldest shoot when he turned 5. He loved it.

  • MudstainSally
    MudstainSally Posts: 571 Member
    19 US Army bootcamp, only time I shot an M16, carried an M249 the rest of my time in and LOVED it. Now I have a few guns, my daughter doesn't like them, but she knows how to check the safety, safely unload them and hold them.

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