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I have several European friends visiting, ad they have eagerly asked me about unloading some rounds at a shooting range. They have zero knowledge about guns, so I wonder is there's any problem with it (maybe the range owners won't let them shoot or whatever)
I'm sure it's fine, but be very careful with those guys. I just hate being around non-shooters at a range, they're dangerous.
I've never shot a gun before either (never even saw one until I was in my twenties) but thought if I ever went to America I'd easily be able to go to a firing range and see what all the fuss is about. Shame there seems to be more to it than I thought.
There always is. It's a shame about the british. They made some of the best firearms on the planet at one time. They also hunted the entire globe. It's a damn shame.
Theres no big fuss & A little instruction isn't a big deal. Would you just jump in a car & drive if you never did before?
Guns are very simple things & not hard at all to be safe with. The biggest issue I see really with anybody from teenagers up handling guns for the first time is breaking a lifetime of habits that are dangerous with real guns.
People tend to pick them up & start turning them over to look at them inadvertantly pointing them at by standers. Even though a gun may be new, things shaped just like them arent. But while its ok to point your new cordless drill at somebody while checking it out its not ok with a gun. I'v seen people actually pick a gun up & look down the barrel.
You need to KNOW how to tell if its loaded or not & how to load & unload it, alot of things but nothing terribly hard to do.
I actually like teaching smaller chidren better because theres less bad habits to break & they are more used to listening than adults.
People have alot of misconceptions about America. You can probably find a public indoor range that rents guns in most cities. But unless they know you or you have a pistol permit or something documenting your proficiency all that I know of would require a lesson with a certified instructor. Its not as you might believe that you can just go someplace, buy a gun & start shooting.
The NRA first steps class is a good one & you get to shoot during it as well. Believe it or not you will have a hundred questions & having someone qualified to answer them is well worth whatever they charge you.
I agree with Tin Knocker when he stress's safety. You can never be too safe. One lapse of staying alert and being careless is all it takes to end a life. You can't go back and fix a mistake when you make one with a firearm. My youngest son has handled firearms all his adult life, he was a training officer for a police agency, yesterday he made a careless, fatal mistake, with a loaded weapon, the last one he will ever make. So, be careful, you don't get a second chance to do it right.
I agree with Tin Knocker when he stress's safety. You can never be too safe. One lapse of staying alert and being careless is all it takes to end a life. You can't go back and fix a mistake when you make one with a firearm. My youngest son has handled firearms all his adult life, he was a training officer for a police agency, yesterday he made a careless, fatal mistake, with a loaded weapon, the last one he will ever make. So, be careful, you don't get a second chance to do it right.
If I understand this post right.... I'm not sure what to say.
Does anyone want to get into the legality of non-residents or in this case ESTA/B1/B2 tourists and handling weapons and ammo or are y'all strictly interested in how to teach gun useage?
Again, you have my condolences. I imagine words are pretty hollow though. God Bless you & yours.
The same from me.
Good thoughts.
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Taking European friends to a shooting range?
