Hooray! Guns!

Over the weekend I went shooting with SarahK. The only other people at the range looked to be a father and his twelve year old son, but it ended up they were both sheriffs, the older teaching the younger quick reloads.
Well, I have pictures and will give you a whole range report later, but why trust pictures when you can see an artist’s rendition?

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  1. I am going to get a license to practice shooting (need an authorization here in France). Hopefully I’ll get the right to buy 1 particular gun in… 8 months ! And I will have the right to own it in my house, but carry (concealed or not) is a big NO-NO here. Until then I’ll have to borrow a .22 at the range. And you thought Kalifornia rules were restrictive…

  2. First Rule of Gun Safety: “Treat every weapon as if it is loaded.”
    Corollary 1 to the First Rule: “Don’t let SarahK hold a weapon.”
    Frank, are you sure Sarah didn’t say “…no more buwwets!” like in the Bugs Bunny cartoon?
    Famous last words: “Of COURSE it’s not loaded! Watch!”

  3. Nice! Two punchlines!
    Sheriff is one of those words that even when it’s spelled correctly it looks like it’s spelled wrong. Double consonants are a pain. From now on I’m teling everyone double consonants were a French invention and see if that makes everyone want to stop using them.

  4. Awwwww… Frank’s just being huffy. SarahK probably out-shot Frank hands down.
    The women I’ve seen shoot. Both handgun and rifle. Are much more patient and methodical than the guys. Once they learn not to anticipate the firearm’s bang and recoil.
    Tighter groupings, too.
    Jack.

  5. I have heard that Harrison Ford actually used staples to keep his hat on during the Indiana Jones Films, I’m sure Frank is Smarter – or just plain less stupid than that. But anyway, after seeing this cartoon… I was wondering what you might have done to piss SarahK off?
    Did you stick Minerva in the toilet this time? Oooooh! Bad Frank!

  6. Some friends of mine went to a gun range not too long ago and had a near similar experience. One of my friends had never been exposed to guns before, and thank God for the gun ranges that hand you ANY caliber of gun for you to discover on your own. The inexperienced friend was handed I believe a .40 and a full clip and talked through setting up and firing it. However, the safety was still on and could not pull on the trigger. Beig scared and frustrated turned around, still holding the gun ready to fire saying, “I can’t make this thing work!” Everyone at that point was hitting the ground screaming. you have to hand it to the Fijian warrior and his first time at the gun range.

  7. –I’m pretty sure that SarahK violated all four of the rules in one way or another. I teach lots and lots of people, and none of them ever managed to break them all in one setting:
    1. Treat all guns as if they are loaded.
    2. Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to kill.
    3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target.
    4. Be sure of your target and what’s around/behind it.
    –Go, SarahK!!!

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