Point and Shoot :)

This past week I've been thinking about the gun class a lot of my friends are taking. I'm happy they are. It's kind of funny how years ago you wouldn't hear of this  very often or not at all. Now a days it's like a necessity like carrying our purses, billfolds or phones. Nowadays people want to protect themselves.

Which brings me to my story. When I met Anthony my hubby, he is from the country. A 4 wheel drive truck, ( best one around at that time) dirt roads, muddin and hunting. Ok so , I not being country, but have lived on farms, milked cows and watched people work on chicken farms. Anyway I had not been around guns, didn't care to and never thought I would. 

Well wanting to be with Anthony I had to go hunting , I didn't shoot anything didn't want to, but at times I would hold the gun. My job was moral support. I rode in the truck and on the 4 wheeler, well actually Anthony would park in the sun, I'd sleep he'd hunt. Worked out perfect. As time passed I decided I wanted to learn to shoot. My hubby was happy to oblige. One nice day while upstairs on the deck, he would point to objects, I would shoot, such as leaves, branches and things. Btw didn't like the shot gun, so he lets me shoot the 22. I continued to say now what, he pointed I shot, well one thing he pointed at I said you sure, he said yes, he meaning a cloth or something next to fence I of course thought he meant, basketball , yep I killed it. Needless to say we stopped shooting then. I still laugh about that. 

Now that I've been in the country for years I prefer it. I know how to shoot now, still sometimes a little scary but I've come to respect my weapon. I feel women especially should know how to shoot, my daughter learned, at first she didn't want to but has become good at it. To much crime anymore to not protect yourself. 

I still haven't shot a deer but I go with my son for support. I will say though I get excited for him and there's a little part of me that wants to try getting a deer. We will see and I'm sure that would be something coming from me. It really is different in the south, no matter what people think. I've lived in the city and I get some of what people say about guns. Like I've heard it's not the gun it's the person holding it. Take responsibility.