The future

Yesterday was a good day -- I helped out at my gun club with a Youth Shoot sponsored by Sierra Club International. I worked at the .22 rifle range. A couple of kids had never even picked up a gun before (one had no idea she was even supposed to look through the sites), and it was very rewarding to help them out. At first they were a bit timid, and missed the first couple of shots (at a iron swing down target). After some coaching, they began to hit the target, and once they locked on, they generally didn't miss again. It was very rewarding to see their smile and to see their excitement. It was pretty cool to see a lot of the kids had done quite a bit of shooting -- that means someone is taking them. And, I have to say, the girls were just as good if not better than the boys. And the crowd was about 50/50 girl/boy. I'm glad to see kids having fun shooting. The bad thing is, there weren't as many kids there as what was planned for. I have a feeling that a lot of that was because the state fair is going this weekend.