Hi Lynne, Growing up rural, I grew up with guns. We shot birds, ground squirrels, predators and deer. And I took hunter's safety at the age of twelve just like my brothers, priding myself on scoring higher than both of them. I don't mind shooting .22 rifles and pistols but when it comes to shooting the shotgun and the game rifles, they're loud and have a kick I don't like.
I think every person should take a hunter's safety or gun safety class to show them how to handle a gun. Growing up the rifles and guns hung in the open on a rack in the stairway. My brothers and I could have picked up a gun any time we wanted but we knew you asked and didn't touch a gun unless told to.
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