For anyone that thinks this wasn’t a good idea, let me tell you this. My son LISTENED to the trainer, DID what the trainer said, and had 95% accuracy on his very first time at the range!
Okay, so we were just shooting a 22 which has very little kick but still! It was his first time! I’m a proud Mom and he was so happy and excited about everything. He told me thank you and he can’t wait to go back next week. A total win in my book! I did have to pay for the ammunition which for a box of 100 for the 22 was only $8. Not complaining! The guys said the ammo goes up as the gun goes up. The trainer wants to put him on a 9mm next time because he did such a great job this time.
You will see he didn’t always get in the circle ⭕️ or square but most are! The trainer kept moving where he was supposed to shoot so my son would get used to a moving target. Pretty awesome, right?
I started thinking about this About Me part of my blog. I'm going to expand it just a little from the 3 words I had before.
I am a single mom. I love my son. We have been alone since he was 6 months old. He really is my sun, moon, and stars. I am very proud of him.
I am an entrepreneur. I started my driving business 2 years ago. I don't want to work for a "boss" ever again. I always tell people they can do it too. In what I do, there is no competition because there are plenty of people that need rides (and maybe that would help get some of these bad drivers off the roads!). I work hard and have fun on my own time doing what I like to do.
I really am a Netflix addict. When I am not working or doing something with my son, I am watching Netflix. There are so many shows that I've never re-watched anything either. I will watch anything and make my own opinion.
I am opinionated. This blog is really just my opinions and my life. People don't have to agree with me all the time. I welcome discussions and other people's opinion whether they agree or not. I'm not petty, I'm not going to block anyone for not sharing my opinion, why do people freak out these days when someone doesn't share their opinion? Who cares?!? There is a reason we all are different.
There's a lot more about me but you'll have to read the blog to find out!
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gun safety is important and hopeful the instructor expressed that it is NOT a toy and explained situations in which one should use a firearm…
This is a job I keep trying to get my youngest to do. He’s passionate about weapons and is a darn good teacher. I think it hearkens back to his first gun safety instructor who was very good.
Congrats to your son!
Sounds like it was tons of fun! I guess I won’t be crossing your son anytime soon, he is much too accurate to be playing around with so tell him he has my respect!.lol. Again, thank you for doing this with your son, the bigger thing here is you got to bond with each other and that’s the win-win to me! My buddy has a .22 and he said that you can buy bulk ammo for it at Walmart for a really great price! Apparently, they have these huge holidays sales where they markdown the ammo so that may help if this becomes something he wants to do all the time!
Interesting! I didn’t know Walmart had ammo actually. I will have to check that out. I’m not sure if we are allowed to bring our own ammo or not.
And yes, he and I are pretty close and I want it to stay that way which is why I try to find stuff he likes to do that I might enjoy as well like going to the gun range.
gun safety is important and hopeful the instructor expressed that it is NOT a toy and explained situations in which one should use a firearm…
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Oh yes and asked him at 4 different occasions to repeat back the gun safety rules to him. It was great!
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sounds like a cool experience and I also like that you noted the prices – sometimes I am so curious about those details and it is nice to know
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That was just the ammo price. There’s charges for everything! The training was $50 too
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yowza
hobbies are not cheap, eh?
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Never are 😀
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maybe a few….
nah
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The first I went to Houston the manager took the team to go shooting. It was a lot of fun 😀 but clearly your son did better than me 😅
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😂 Well, he was a Cub Scout just a few years ago and they shoot rifles there. Who knows
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This is a job I keep trying to get my youngest to do. He’s passionate about weapons and is a darn good teacher. I think it hearkens back to his first gun safety instructor who was very good.
Congrats to your son!
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Thanks Kris! Ooh, he should! Our trainer was great an he was also ex military which I liked.
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Sounds like it was tons of fun! I guess I won’t be crossing your son anytime soon, he is much too accurate to be playing around with so tell him he has my respect!.lol. Again, thank you for doing this with your son, the bigger thing here is you got to bond with each other and that’s the win-win to me! My buddy has a .22 and he said that you can buy bulk ammo for it at Walmart for a really great price! Apparently, they have these huge holidays sales where they markdown the ammo so that may help if this becomes something he wants to do all the time!
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Interesting! I didn’t know Walmart had ammo actually. I will have to check that out. I’m not sure if we are allowed to bring our own ammo or not.
And yes, he and I are pretty close and I want it to stay that way which is why I try to find stuff he likes to do that I might enjoy as well like going to the gun range.
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Aww, yay! He did so good! 🤗
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And he loves it! He said he wants to go back every single weekend.
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