I always... always suggest a class that has them fire several types of weapons "So you can see which kind you will like shooting" BEFORE they buy a Gun!
and then I do the "let's go rent and shoot together to find your gun" afterwards to kind of mentor.
We as a community have an obligation to kind of steer new members to the community. Not everyone had an awesome Dad.
Hopefully it will keep the negative incidents out of the news.