Gun Safety

So I took a class this Saturday, that you could easily call it 'Pistol 101'. Just all the basics for new beginers. I am not a beginer shooter or gun handler but i took it anyways. I grew up in a home that had guns. My dad is a gun guru. He loves to buy them, sell them,trade them, collect them, tinker with them, make handmade leather holsters, he melts his own lead and reloads his own rounds. ...I have heard that women try and search for "THE MAN" in her life that resembles same qualities and traits that their dad is like, and WHAT DO YOU KNOW!? ..... If you have even been in a room with my husband for more than 2.2 seconds you would know he is EXACTLY the same as my dad. He thinks guns, talks guns, breaths guns, and i would even go as far as saying that he farts guns! :) ..REALLY he does!

I probably took my first couple of shots around age 10 or 11 maybe? I never was sat down and taught all the different parts and pieces, and terms for guns and gun accesories, i just kind of thought i knew them already from hearing my dad and husband say them so often. So untill satuday i was never truely CONFIDENT holding a gun. I mean i knew what i was doing, but i just felt that i was missing 'something'. I have no idea what that 'something' was, but i deffinetly know that i FOUND IT this saturday!!! The class was kind of boring at first just because we were reading out of a book, but once we got into the hands on stuff it was REALLY GOOD! I knew the majority everything they went over except for a few things, but i was never really 'tired' of hearing the things i knew. Gun safety can never be drilled enough so the more the marrier! Knowing that you can't rely on anything but your own knowledge when you are handling a gun, really makes you WANT to know as much as you can about them.

Being sat down, forced to read a manual, talk about it, review it, practice, practice, practice, and then go to the range and show what you have learned, REALLY drives it into your brain and shows you that there really isnt much to it, its just knowing what you need to know. Some people think that just not introducing guns to their chidlren IS gun safety-ITS NOT!!!!! The children who dont know REAL GUN SAFETY are the children who are more likely going to have an 'accident'. The kids who know REAL GUN SAFETY are the ones who know that if you are not with an adult and in the correct setting and you see a gun you should
STOP
DONT TOUCH
LEAVE THE ROOM
TELL AN ADULT


*****Protecting your kids from guns, is to educate them on guns*****

I feel different knowing now that if something were to happen while david was gone and i was here alone, or with little monkey boy, i would be able to stand some ground! Women really dont need to feel intimidated by guns. Its all stuff that we are capable to learn and to know. Every women should know how to defend herself and her children incase of a home intruder, whether it is a hungry bear or an drunk man! Especially in Alaska, where you run into wildlife everyday, or you live miles and MILES away from your closest neighbor and the fastest reaction time of calling 911 is up to an hour.

.....................................................OK REAL LIFE SCENERIO..............................................


Your husband is at work for the day, or gone for the night, or maybe you just live alone. You hear someone in your house. ......................WHAT do you think that person is going to be more scared of?

A. He walks into the room and you point a phone in his face and with ALL your might you scream "IM CALLING 911!"

or

B. He walks into the room and you point a gun at his face! -And really at this point you dont need to say a thing Because Everyone knows what the cocking of a gun sounds like!

You can either HOPE he wont do anything, OR you can MAKE SURE of it!. I didnt write this to scare anyone, i just wrote it to maybe help encourage you to learn how to comfortably and confidently handle a gun.... Its just something to think about! .... IF YOU EVER WANT a shooting buddy YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME! :)