Mike Rowe response to anti-gun fan

[Gman]

We have family that is very into firearms. It was very interesting to see in-laws from New Jersey that thought people shouldn't have firearms, having never been personally exposed to them. After a day at the range, their confidence in handling a firearm was impressive. The empowerment of experience is the other side of the coin to the mindset of emotion and ignorance.

[Grant H.]

We have family that is very into firearms. It was very interesting to see in-laws from New Jersey that thought people shouldn't have firearms, having never been personally exposed to them. After a day at the range, their confidence in handling a firearm was impressive. The empowerment of experience is the other side of the coin to the mindset of emotion and ignorance.

I've made a LOT of converts by taking my wifes friends, usually theatre/arts people, to the range and teaching them how to shoot.

Start small, get them proficient, move them up, making sure they get comfortable with each step up before moving on, and then hear stories about how they are buying guns, building AR's, and joining ranges from my wife. I've helped quite a few piece buy parts and assemble AR's now.

It's fun.

All that aside, I really like Mike Rowe and his stance on things. He is a class act in an age with very few of them left.