Three new shooters!

[Guy Miner]

Over the weekend I introduced three women to shooting handguns! Well, one had shot before, 12 - 15 years earlier and another had shot a few times with a .22 rifle when she was a little girl, maybe 20 years ago. The other had never fired a shot.

They were doing pretty doggone good by the end of the day. Put them through a very basic class. Started out with the why's and whats of a handgun. We put in about four hours of classroom time, took a lunch break then headed to the range where we shot .22's, .380 & .38 Spl. It was a good day. One of them, the brand new shooter, really took to it and is enthusiastic about joining our gun club and hauling her husband and son along. She's a pretty decent shot now, and very happy to be shooting the little .380 she got a few months ago.

Just had to brag 'em up a bit. They went from very timid and under-educated about firearms, to very safe, well informed gun handlers in eight hours. I thought that was pretty cool.

Guy

 

[DrMike]

Not only cool, but exciting. We need more of such good instruction. I've had several incidents at the range when a fellow brought his girl friend or wife and tried to teach her to shoot only to frustrate her. On several occasions, I've asked if I could have opportunity to provide some instruction to the lady. In each instance, she is shooting good groups within a very short time. Many men seem to have something to prove when they are working with their wife and/or girl friend. I have witnessed on several occasions the lady shooting more accurately than the man within a very brief time--she listens to instruction and in shooting a firearm she can handle. Good job, Guy.

 

[wayno945]

That's great Guy! Educating new shooters is really the only way we can fight to keep our 2A rights. I've converted several people I work with into recreational shooters, one of them is even going elk hunting this fall.

 

[FOTIS]

Good deal Guy!

 

[remmy1187]

This is great for our sport. Women seem to be so much easier to teach too, must be that whole macho-man thing.

 

[Guest]

Nicely done Guy!
Good for those ladies also.
Dewey

 

[Vince]

This is awesome!
Thank you Guy for being a good represenative for the shooting sports and armed citizenery.

 

[Guy Miner]

Thanks guys. I'm planning to do a LOT more of this over the next few months.

 

[onesonek]

Cool Guy!

 

[Oldtrader3]

Guy, you said that you were looking for part time gun work? It seems to me that if you can have more 8 hour classes for new or Tenderfoot shooters, particularly the wives, that would be a heck of a public service. This is especially true in Washington State where the media is so anti-gun. I can NOT get my wife to shoot, she says that God will protect her and I keep saying, help God a bit and learn to shoot.

Having me teach here would probably work as well as trying to teach my two daughter's to drive! It is nice to have a non relative, non threatening male, who is as versed as a retiring policeman to do this service. If you lived near me, I would try and talk her into going to your class.

 

[JD338]

Excellent Guy.
Way to go.

JD338