DOOM, part II

[Swift River Rob]

I guess my earlier comments woke everyone up.
I am pleased to hear there are young shooters out there.
I still believe we, as gun owners, are in big trouble. I believe the $100.00 fee for a FID is a huge hindrance to many beginners. Shooting is not an inexpensive sport, and an entrance fee, before you really know if you are going to fall in love, probably keeps many from that first step.

Hunting in Massachusetts has fallen off and many towns in the metro-west area prohibit any hunting with a firearm. Hunting used to be what motivated people to start in the shooting sports. When I was a kid, most everyone owned at least a shotgun to keep rabbits out of the garden and all my friends had a .22 at their disposal.

I am as mystified as LenS about Senor Frog’s attitude comment. What attitude? Of all the gun clubs I think BR&P is one of the best pure shooting clubs around.

To LenS comment about younger shooters on the weekend; I shoot week days due to my strange work schedule. Week days it’s just us old guys.

 

[mark056]

Hunting is down nation-wide, not just in Massachusetts. It is part of a nation-wide trend as our society becomes more urban and more removed from the land.

I suppose, to a degree, that the anti-hunting people contribute to this trend, but I really believe that there are larger social forces at work than just the anti-hunting faction.

Regards,

Mark

 

[Nickle]

Well, when kids can't tell their friends in school that they went shooting, let alone hunting, just what did you expect?

 

[Skald]

As I stated before, some of the stigma is our fault. When people ask me of my hobbies the very first ones I mention are either Hunting or Shooting, followed by the rest.

When I get ready to go out shooting and lock the guns in the lockable toolbox in the back of my truck, I don't do it quickly or in the shadows. Image as they say, is everything. If we treat shooting like a taboo as many now do, it will be perceived that way.

I have standing offers to many friends, about a 50/50 mix of men and women, to go shooting with me on sundays for the 200 yd off hand. All I ask them to bring is an open mind. I'd foot the bill for a relay and buy the ammo and supply the rifle.