Posted by NCWayne on December 02, 2013 at 05:51:23 from (173.188.169.54):
Finally got a little time to get down in the bottom yesterday and do some shooting. Our daughter got a small compound bow for Christmas this year and even though she's only shot it a few times she can already keep all 7 of her arrows into a circle about a foot in diameter from about 30 feet back. Heck it's better than I can do with it...LOL
We also let her shoot my wife's Walther P22 pistol for the second time and she was able to keep all 21 rounds she shot on the target. Heck, here in NC that would qualify her for the CC permit... Anyway we've been teaching her proper firearm safety and handling, how to work each gun she has fired, etc, etc for a couple of years now, along with teaching her how to shoot to defend herself if the need arose. She will most likely be riding the bus and be home alone some next year so it's something really good for her to know even though she'll probably never need it. Anyway, my wife made the comment to her that the way she was shooting and keeping everything on the target she'd definitely 'do some damage' if she had to. Daughters response was to turn and look at her Mom, and in a completely deadpan tone said, "If I've GOT to shoot somebody I don't want to damage them, I want to kill them".
At the time, the tone she used, and just the way she said it, it was actually pretty funny, kind of like one of those 'one liners' in a movie. But, funny at the time or not, it really makes me proud that at a just few weeks shy of 11 she showed that she understands the seriousness, and possible outcome of a situation where she might be faced with someone trying to break in and/or harm her and she is forced to have to defend herself.
Shortly after that I finally coaxed her into trying her Mom's .380 Colt Government. She's not quite as good with it as the .22, but I wouldn't want to get in her way either. A little more coaxing later and I had her shooting her Mom's AK. Funny thing there she protested doing it unless I helped as 'she couldn't do it herself, so I had to help. I kept my hand in front of the mag and helped her until she made two shots and then kept lessing my hold without letting her know. Within about 6 shots she was doing it on her own. Thing is until I told her and pulled my hand away she didn't realize she had been holding and shooting it with no help from me at all. Thing is she thought she couldn't do it, and I had to show her she could without her knowing it. Once she realized she could do it on her own she wanted to shoot more, but I had only taken down two mags and was out of ammo.
The way I see it, when others out there are worried about their kids and guns, at least I know I don't have to worry about mine because she has been taught, and will know how to both respect them, and what they can do, and how to handle and use them safely should the need ever arise.
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