First Steps
Well, I’ve gone and done it. Today I took my first firearms safety training course at a local range. I did this for two reasons:
- I take safety very seriously.
- I’m looking to buy firearms and I needed a place to get started.
Safety is extremely important when it comes to firearms. I’d rather not end up dead. In addition, I want to avoid starting with bad habits. The best way to do that is to start with professional instruction. I had a senior NRA instructor leading the class, not that it was required. Half of the class (at least it seems like it was) was focused on which end of the gun the bullet comes out of. Well, now I have a certificate stating that I have taken a safety course.
I was able to fire off 15 rounds of 9mm today. I will say that TV doesn’t do justice to the amount of BANG! that you get from even a small firearm. I will admit that I flinch a wee bit when using one of them. Right now I’m a computer geek who spends most of my time in an office where the sound of a hard drive is the loudest thing I can hear. OK, maybe a need a new keyboard. But the principle holds.
In other news, I purchased my NRA membership last weekend. One of my coworkers and I went to the gun show. He kept poking me in the back until I agreed to sign up. Yay. Done. Now I just have to wait for my magazines to show up in the mail. The NRA isn’t perfect, but at least they are a step in the right direction. They are interested in both rights of owners and citizens as well as real firearms safety.