Current Events > How old were you the first time you shot a real gun?

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For the purposes of this topic, a BB Gun or airsoft does not count.

I forget exactly when I shot my first real gun.

I shot real guns in the Boy Scouts and I was gifted a small .22 rifle when I was 11.

Not a particular fan of them. *shrugs*

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I've held a real gun in my hands, but never fired one.

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Not counting pellet guns, I was mid 20s the first time I shot a gun.

I've never owned one but I've got a few friends who do.
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I can't remember exactly. I was either 24 or 25 when I went to a shooting range for the first time and fired a handgun.

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this is disturbing

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10-12 supervised

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Same, first gun (.22) was in scouts at rifle shooting MB. Surprisingly I really enjoyed the idea of perfecting form that our instructor highlighted rather than just trying to improve accuracy.

A few years later in my early 20s shot shotgun at the same camp - the whole leading the skeet was fun in a cool Zen like way.

I got a .22 bolt action for my 8th birthday. I would walk to the woods and shoot at sticks in the creek and stuff.

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Choco posted...

this is disturbing

This is America

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I've never even seen a real gun

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7 when i got my Savage 22

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17 or 18? My aunt worked at a firing range. It was just one shot, though. Haven't fired one after that, I don't think.

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Somewhere around 6 or 7.

Shotgun when I was 8 or 9.

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wackyteen posted...

This is America

same thing

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Thompson posted...

I've held a real gun in my hands, but never fired one.

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Thompson posted...

I've held a real gun in my hands, but never fired one.

Polls that have too many options and still don't cover them all

sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

Polls that have too many options and still don't cover them all

Tbh I changed the poll topic intent but not the options.

It originally said handled but I changed my mind late

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12. When I was in America, oddly enough. Only other time I ever shot a gun was when I was in the cadets (age 15-16).

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why do americans give children guns

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Choco posted...

why do americans give children guns

Its more primarily a Southern thing from what I know.

In some places you'll have (or used to) high school students drive to school with rifles in their window because they literally left hunting in the woods to go to class

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I was 23 when I first shot a gun. I shot a .45 pistol (dont remember what kind) and a 9mm Sig Sauer. It was terrifying.

I took a firearms safety course a couple years later and became much more comfortable handling different kinds of firearms.

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Don't think I've ever really fired a gun. I remember being like four or five and pulling the trigger of a shotgun while target shooting, but someone else was actually holding it steady. So I wouldn't really count that.

I got a Ruger 10-22 for my 15th birthday and went out shooting with it shortly after that

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Thompson posted...

I've held a real gun in my hands, but never fired one.

This. I've handled several guns over the years (some handgun, an antique revolver that still works, an antique revolver that doesn't), but never fired one.

I have family that hunted and shot alot. think I was around 10 or 11 when I went to a farm and shot at a frozen pond with a sks and a 9mm pistol.

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Probably around 10-12. I remember being outside and shooting targets with my stepdad.
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Around 10, the away camp I went to had a rifle range

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wackyteen posted...

Its more primarily a Southern thing from what I know.

In some places you'll have (or used to) high school students drive to school with rifles in their window because they literally left hunting in the woods to go to class

Midwest too.

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i wanna say 22

glock 22 and a smith & Wesson special .38

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I only handled a BB gun, and a paint gun. And also a laser tag gun. >_>

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21, fired a handgun and a shotgun at some targets in the woods in redneck country. It may be beginner's luck, but I was really good at it.

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I had to shoot mud to make a point about my new shotgun. I wont forget the steamy hole I made.

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16 or 17 idr

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Its kind of a given if you live around livestock.

Around 7 when I first started hunting

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Choco posted...

why do americans give children guns

if an adult in the house is going to own guns, its much better to teach your kids gun safety and let them start shooting (while supervised obviously) early. A kid who has only seen guns on tv and in video games will get curious. A kid who has grown up around them from an early age will learn to respect the seriousness of them and wont have that same curiosity because theyve already experienced it.

dodgefan91 posted...

if an adult in the house is going to own guns, its much better to teach your kids gun safety and let them start shooting (while supervised obviously) early. A kid who has only seen guns on tv and in video games will get curious. A kid who has grown up around them from an early age will learn to respect the seriousness of them and wont have that same curiosity because theyve already experienced it.

good point

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