Quote Originally Posted by james_bond_007 View Post

So the new generations are not receiving any education on firearms (unless they are fortunate enough to have a parent to help them understand this subject).
Hey, hey now... Don't forget us UNCLES!

I recently took my 15 y/o niece to the range for her first experience with anything more than her pink Daisy BB gun. We started with an M&P 15 and progressed to my AR-15. She also shot my XDm 9mm. Her little sister can't wait for her turn at the range. She's 12 and considerably smaller so I bought her a Ruger SR22 last week because it fits her hand well with the smaller backstrap/grip installed.

My brother and I grew up around guns so it's still very strange for us to see everyone so freaked out about them. I guess we were a little sheltered from the great big, big-city world having moved from small town Kansas to small town Colorado. It's interesting how the 30-second news cycle and the instant availability and exposure to big city opinions and news events has altered our lives.

It's sad that the big cities around the perimeter of our country are dictating policy for the rest of the nation---referring to us as "flyover country". I don't see it getting any better, either, when their voting advantage stems from people who's lives consist of sucking from the government tit and who simply vote themselves a pay raise every 2-4 years by voting Democrat.