Took a Kid to the Range
My girlfriend's daughter lives in Atlanta. She is a big exec with IBM. She runs the family, and she doesn't like guns.
Her son is 16 years old and he had never touched a real gun.
We were down there last weekend and my brother and I were going to the range to shoot his Ruger .357
I wanted to try to get this kid Aaron to the range. I knew I had to get clearance from the Boss.
So I was alone in the room with the father and I told him that my brother and I were going to the range Saturday and I asked if he wanted to go. And he said he did.
And I asked him if he thought Aaron would like to go. He said he might.
So, later that day I was in the room with Aaron and the mother. And I told them that the dad and I were going to the range, and I asked Aaron if he wanted to go shoot a magnum. He said he wanted to go, and the mother, to my surprise, did not object.
We went to the range, the father rented a HK 9mm. So the boy got to shoot the Ruger and the HK. I grabbed up the brass of the first two shots the kid made with the 9mm, and handed them to him for a souvenir.
My brother just bought .38 Special ammo for his pistol we didn't want too much recoil for the boy.
That kid had a great time shooting a gun for the first time. He said that he preferred the revolver.
I am sure he had a good time telling his buddies at school about the rifle range. And I realized, this kid had never shot a gun before, probably none of his buddies has, either.
I went to that same high school in Atlanta, 52 years ago, Chamblee High School. When I was a 16 year old junior I had been shooting guns for 10 years. I doubt there was a single kid there in the 11th grade, in 1966, who had not fired a gun. We went out shooting all the time. In fact, I remember they were building Spaghetti Junction in 1965, my dad took my brother and me out there and we shot a 30 06 into the red clay bank.
Her son is 16 years old and he had never touched a real gun.
We were down there last weekend and my brother and I were going to the range to shoot his Ruger .357
I wanted to try to get this kid Aaron to the range. I knew I had to get clearance from the Boss.
So I was alone in the room with the father and I told him that my brother and I were going to the range Saturday and I asked if he wanted to go. And he said he did.
And I asked him if he thought Aaron would like to go. He said he might.
So, later that day I was in the room with Aaron and the mother. And I told them that the dad and I were going to the range, and I asked Aaron if he wanted to go shoot a magnum. He said he wanted to go, and the mother, to my surprise, did not object.
We went to the range, the father rented a HK 9mm. So the boy got to shoot the Ruger and the HK. I grabbed up the brass of the first two shots the kid made with the 9mm, and handed them to him for a souvenir.
My brother just bought .38 Special ammo for his pistol we didn't want too much recoil for the boy.
That kid had a great time shooting a gun for the first time. He said that he preferred the revolver.
I am sure he had a good time telling his buddies at school about the rifle range. And I realized, this kid had never shot a gun before, probably none of his buddies has, either.
I went to that same high school in Atlanta, 52 years ago, Chamblee High School. When I was a 16 year old junior I had been shooting guns for 10 years. I doubt there was a single kid there in the 11th grade, in 1966, who had not fired a gun. We went out shooting all the time. In fact, I remember they were building Spaghetti Junction in 1965, my dad took my brother and me out there and we shot a 30 06 into the red clay bank.
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Great job Allen.
Chamblee HS has changed a bit since you went there. My Dad lives near there in Dunwoody and I drive past the school once in a while. In fact that whole area has changed.0 -
Nice work around. Got the kid out without an objection from mom. Good work exposing him to other areas of life. 0 -
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Sam06 wrote:Great job Allen.
Chamblee HS has changed a bit since you went there. My Dad lives near there in Dunwoody and I drive past the school once in a while. In fact that whole area has changed.
When I was graduating in '68 they had just built a new school, and a new gym.
The gym and the school were bulldozed four years ago, and new buildings put up. In Atlanta, they can't allow a building to exist if it is over 49 years old.
The only thing left from The Good Old Days is North DeKalb Stadium.
Also, football was such a big deal when I was in school there, today, few kids go out for the team, they went 1-9 this year. Aaron tells me they may disband the football team.0 -
Good job, always a good thing to introduce a new shooter to a sport that only they can control . One of the few sports that a 16 year old can compete with one-on-one with a NFL lineman and kick his azz.
Glad to see his mother gave him the chance, maybe there is light at the end of the liberal tunnel after all.0 -
Great move 
, maybe the Mom has warmed to the idea of gun ownership since they live in Atlanta, the elite areas in Atlanta aren't so elite anymore......liberals like to live too when push comes to shove 0 -
Good job Allen! Getting our youth involved in the shooting sports is mandatory for the survival of the sport!
I have been trying for several years to get my two oldest grandsons out here for some black powder activities but so far it has been a no go. They are both turning 14 on the 24th of this month. Have also picked up several youth rifles that are stowed away until that day arrives.0
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