Being a father and thinking of new activities to do with my 3 teenagers I tend to think like a man! I find it a lot easier to think of things to do with my son (Christian), like going fishing in cold stormy weather.

A couple of weeks ago I took Christian Small-Bore shooting, at a local shooting range, that holds open club nights for guests to attend.

Well it took a little planning; I had to ensure I felt he was old enough, so I waiting till he turned 14, this was going to be Christians very first time shooting any gun.
For myself I had to be sure that everyone was going to be ok about me taking Christian shooting.

I think I made a bigger deal out of it than it needed to be, as long as I was going to be with him every step of the way, it was going to be ok with everyone else

I guess for myself it was more about my past as I had been shooting from 8 years old, not because my parents supported it (I didn’t even have toy gun) but my friends had air rifles and their fathers had rifles and shotguns. When I was old enough, I did what my father said not to do, which was join the ARMY, where I was trained to shoot a range of weapons, safely and with purpose.
My parents still believe "guns are dangerous."