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newmember

(805 posts) Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:25 PM Apr 2013

I'm going to find out what the fascination is with guns ,I'm going shooting at a gun range [View all]

I have friends that own guns and they have asked me before to go.
I'm going to let them know that I would like to go along.

Have any DU members attempted something like this?

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I'm going to find out what the fascination is with guns ,I'm going shooting at a gun range [View all] newmember Apr 2013 OP

Welcome to DU, newmember. femmocrat Apr 2013 #1

I didn't say I was going to shoot one newmember Apr 2013 #7

It'll be lame if you treat it anthropologically. Bucky Apr 2013 #23

You might also want to try going to a gun show. Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #31

Just be careful and just smile and wave. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #2

It's like golfing but with less walking and with more hearing protection. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #3

It is a sport to them, to hit the target and bullseye if you can. Rex Apr 2013 #4

Can't say I've ever had any interest in doing such a thing. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #5

No. I never have gone shooting before........ rdharma Apr 2013 #6

Everyone I've taken to the range found it a pleasant experience. rrneck Apr 2013 #8

The only time I've ever fired a gun was while I was in the Navy Siwsan Apr 2013 #9

It's fun edhopper Apr 2013 #10

i've been to one twice to learn DesertFlower Apr 2013 #11

It's about breathing Recursion Apr 2013 #12

I've done it once. Agschmid Apr 2013 #13

Well, my first instruction was with .45 Browning Sidearm Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #14

Every few weekends until the latest ammo scare. ileus Apr 2013 #15

Fishing is pretty much my passion , never cared for firearms newmember Apr 2013 #16

My son and daughter are developing a passion ileus Apr 2013 #17

It's not much of a spectator sport. bluedigger Apr 2013 #18

What's the personal risk? (nt) Recursion Apr 2013 #24

All my life. Fla_Democrat Apr 2013 #19

It can be fun with friends, but by yourself its pretty boring. 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #20

plinking Bucky Apr 2013 #22

I've gone to target ranges to shoot. It's fun. Bucky Apr 2013 #21

Yeah, range talk is pretty much all shop in my experience Recursion Apr 2013 #26

My cousin took me shooting a few years ago aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #25

I have done likewise Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #27

I'm a pro-gun progressive. Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #28

I'd say that most people marions ghost Apr 2013 #34

Be safe, Have fun. n/t Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #29

I go all the time wercal Apr 2013 #30

Sure, I own firearms. I only shoot for target practice. I like it because it's incredibly hard. Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #32

Be sure to take tissue to wipe with. JanMichael Apr 2013 #33

FYI, You're walking on well-trodden ground. Paladin Apr 2013 #35