First Daddy-Daughter Day at the Gun Club

[darin]

Today my daughter accompanied me to the gun club. She borrowed a .22LR from a coworker I met who was shooting there.

She loved it. She probably shot 60-100 rounds out of the revolver. After we shot paper, I moved her to the steel targets in another lane. These were torso-sized, about 15 yard away.

She has been begging for a pistol when she turns 10 in june. After seeing her enjoyment today, I'm inclined to pick something up for her.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VsmsyTj4c[/youtube]



She also, after a little coaxing, got behind a 9mm Glock. She fired one round - the shell casing ejected into her forehead, and that was enough of that. No wounds - but it, coupled with the boom, caused her a bit of nervousness. We went back to the .22.

I'm proud she tried though.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNXNMDzwtCI[/youtube]

I also squeezed off a few with my XD40 -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfv70l-r18[/youtube]

All-told I'm fantastically proud of my daughter - the entire time she was conscientious of what she was doing - where people were - the point of the barrel, and the general respect for what we were doing and the consequence of a 'mistake' - even an honest mistake.

[crin63]

Well done! My daughter loved it so much when she went with me. Heres my daughter shooting my 12ga and Taurus 9mm her 2nd outing a couple months ago, she's 14.

[darin]

excellent, CR! She'll be an inspiration to my daughter!

[Kathianne]

I must say, I've never seen a bad pic of women with a gun. Now, I may go for training and kill that.

Both of your daughters are knockouts for their ages. You should both be very proud.

[jimnyc]

I want to see Mary shooting....

... in a bikini

[darin]

HA Jim - I just wanna get her OUT there to the range...if I do, the NEXT time I'll ask her about the bikini.





Kath - The event made for great daddy-daughter bonding.

[Sitarro]

Today my daughter accompanied me to the gun club. She borrowed a .22LR from a coworker I met who was shooting there.

She loved it. She probably shot 60-100 rounds out of the revolver. After we shot paper, I moved her to the steel targets in another lane. These were torso-sized, about 15 yard away.

She has been begging for a pistol when she turns 10 in june. After seeing her enjoyment today, I'm inclined to pick something up for her.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VsmsyTj4c[/youtube]



She also, after a little coaxing, got behind a 9mm Glock. She fired one round - the shell casing ejected into her forehead, and that was enough of that. No wounds - but it, coupled with the boom, caused her a bit of nervousness. We went back to the .22.

I'm proud she tried though.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNXNMDzwtCI[/youtube]

I also squeezed off a few with my XD40 -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfv70l-r18[/youtube]

All-told I'm fantastically proud of my daughter - the entire time she was conscientious of what she was doing - where people were - the point of the barrel, and the general respect for what we were doing and the consequence of a 'mistake' - even an honest mistake.

Hey D, Where can I get a car like that one behind your daughter, that is a sweet ride!

[Nukeman]

Hey D, Where can I get a car like that one behind your daughter, that is a sweet ride!

Looks like a shitty Plymouth Horizon circa 1980-82. I know cause that was my first car!!!!

[Abbey Marie]

Words can be so much more than "just words", which was suggested here.
As a woman and the mother of a daughter, I am grateful that there are still many men who believe there are boundaries that should never be crossed.

To LN's point: I agree with you in general about the objectifcation. I also think, though, that a good number of women act and dress in ways that encourage crude treatment. Not to mention what we see on TV.
That all tends to ruin it for the rest of us who would like our daughters and ourselves to be treated decently.

[Abbey Marie]

D: Now we know why God (and Jim) created IC.