Aloha_Shooter
03-27-2017, 13:43
My nephews were visiting this past week since the eldest is considering attending CU-B and their mother requested I take them shooting. The weather wasn't bad Saturday so we spent a good 4 hours or so at Cheyenne Mountain -- gotta hand it to the staff there, they made it easy and pleasant. I started them both on sporter-grade target-style air rifles (reconditioned Daisy 853s from the CMP) and then migrated the older one to .22s.
We continued the training at Whistling Pines yesterday for about 90 minutes. It seems like we've inspired the younger one to try out for his high school's air rifle team (as his parents hoped) so now all I have to do is get one of my air rifles back home to Hawaii and get something set up to continue his training. In researching the laws, I've found one area where Hawaii is better than Colorado or Colorado Springs with respect to firearms. Air rifles and BB guns are considered non-powder firearms and as such, do not require the same onerous controls that actual firearms do. Better, unlike Colorado Springs, Hawaii's only laws about shooting air rifles or BB guns on your own property are that the projectile can't leave your property (as opposed to C Springs' law against firing inside city limits) so they can actually set up a practice range at home by just having 40 feet of clear space and a good backstop.
I've been teaching other people's kids for so long, it felt good to give my own nephews some solid instruction and practice.
We continued the training at Whistling Pines yesterday for about 90 minutes. It seems like we've inspired the younger one to try out for his high school's air rifle team (as his parents hoped) so now all I have to do is get one of my air rifles back home to Hawaii and get something set up to continue his training. In researching the laws, I've found one area where Hawaii is better than Colorado or Colorado Springs with respect to firearms. Air rifles and BB guns are considered non-powder firearms and as such, do not require the same onerous controls that actual firearms do. Better, unlike Colorado Springs, Hawaii's only laws about shooting air rifles or BB guns on your own property are that the projectile can't leave your property (as opposed to C Springs' law against firing inside city limits) so they can actually set up a practice range at home by just having 40 feet of clear space and a good backstop.
I've been teaching other people's kids for so long, it felt good to give my own nephews some solid instruction and practice.