sfga -
Thats kinda the way it should be it seems... nobody, and I do mean nobody in any part of my family either side ever fired or even showed a weapon of any sort when I was growing up. There was no hunting, in other words, even though we all lived on farms, hard to imagine isn't it.
I was real interested in guns and hunting, but nobody would show me anything about it, so I had to make it up as I went along. I turned out to be a very good shot that one time on the AF range though, 6 points short of Expert first time out, always was proud of that. I had no fear of the M-1, but I noticed some guys were really afraid, they made even me nervous though I didn't know squat. I could seem them shaking every time they pulled a trigger. You sure are right about needing to be trained with weapons, my land yes! The earlier the better.
I think I shoulda seen if the Marines or Army infantry would've given me a chance.
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