My CCW classes began today.

[Mr. 16 gauge]

I've introduced a few folks to hunting/shooting throughout the years.....a few have taken to it; most haven't.
But I would at least hope that when the time comes to vote on issues of a hunting/shooting nature, they will at least think with their heads and not with their hearts.
It's sad, but most folks are introduced to the shooting sports today by strangers.....when I was growing up, guys usually went hunting/shooting with their dads (in my case, it was my maternal grandfather and my uncles). I was trap shooting last weekend and there were a couple of fellows there getting ready to shoot....they had set up their clay pigeon thrower so that if it were sprung, it would fling the clay pigeons down the line at shooters! I kinda butted in and told them they were doing it wrong and would have quite a few folks P.O.ed at them if they continued as such. I showed them the right way to set it up and left. They thanked me and then started shooting.....