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My local gun club's CUP requires that every member have an annual orientation to go over basic safety rules, including site specific safety rules. My California bred and reared son and I went out today to do the orientation. I like this club because, among other things, it has a rifle range out to 600 yards.
My son, like I, is a flaming liberal. Yet he, like me, shook his head in disbelief at every story the master RSO told about range rule (and basic safety) violations. He, like I, looks forward to testing himself at 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. He, like I, looks forward to perfecting hand loads for those distances.
Guns and shooting aren't red versus blue; they're engineering, machining, science, physics, athletics, curiosity, learning and so much more. We need to get past the BS and the politics and let the basics of fun come to the fore.
My son, like I, is a flaming liberal. Yet he, like me, shook his head in disbelief at every story the master RSO told about range rule (and basic safety) violations. He, like I, looks forward to testing himself at 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. He, like I, looks forward to perfecting hand loads for those distances.
Guns and shooting aren't red versus blue; they're engineering, machining, science, physics, athletics, curiosity, learning and so much more. We need to get past the BS and the politics and let the basics of fun come to the fore.