Who taught you to use a firearm?

[JustinCharge 2,397]

A parent, guardian, the military, other?  Let's see what's common.

[kutulu 1,659]

Other

[BeenHereBefore 1,469]

Taught myself and my Dad was against guns but when I was old enough bought my own. Turn out my dad love to go shooting guns with me and would buy them himself before he left this sh!tty world. We had a lot of fun shooting them together and good memories.

[Cdub100 3,843]

Friend.

[Djgb13 2,339]

Dad. Remember my first Turkey shoot in first grade too. Won a Turkey  

[bostonlager 2,664]

Father and grandfather. I have a CCW and take a gun everywhere I go. 

[nobody 2,569]

I learned by playing Duck Hunt on Nintendo.

[Voltaire 5,203]

SSG Navarro, August - October 1989, Echo Company 2-10, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.

[BeenHereBefore 1,469]

4 hours ago, nobody said:

I learned by playing Duck Hunt on Nintendo.

That is worthless unless you played Super Mario too!

[Mookz 1,338]

DMX

[5-Points 3,398]

Combo.

Pops taught me firearm safety, proper handling etc.

I taught myself how to shoot.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,961]

Parris Island. And it was a rifle. One shot, one kill. Breathe, Relax, Aim, Stop, Squeeze, Follow through. BRASSF. 

[jerryskids 6,576]

I went with self-taught because I have no specific memory of an event or person teaching me.  My dad had a rifle (.30-06) that he never really shot with us, that thing has a hella kick.  My first memories of shooting were with a BB gun shooting birds in our back yard.  I became quite a good shot, to the dismay of the birds.  Over my life I’ve done the occasional target shooting at a range or out in the wilderness, but other than one class a year ago never had formal training.  

I still don’t own one, but my son is getting into them, so I’m thinking of getting one myself.

[BiPolarBear 483]

24 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

 My first memories of shooting were with a BB gun shooting birds in our back yard.  I became quite a good shot, to the dismay of the birds.   

I had a 12 pound common snapping turtle in a 33 gallon plastic trash can, in the backyard. The Blue Jays would line up around the edge of the can and just scream at him. I would get my BB gun and shoot a jay in the back of the head, and it would fall in. The snapper would drag him under, and that was it. 

 

[GobbleDog 985]

Point and shoot...  it took decades of training and intense study to figure it out.

[joneo 556]

Other: Firearm training when I was 11 years old. Didn't have any bad habits to un-learn. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,855]

I learned from Hollywood. 

Did you know if you hold your pistol sideways that you're guaranteed to hit the bullseye every time?

[Nomad99 700]

16 hours ago, bostonlager said:

Father and grandfather. I have a CCW and take a gun everywhere I go. 

This.

[vuduchile 1,945]

My grandpa

[SUXBNME 1,457]

17 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Taught myself and my Dad was against guns but when I was old enough bought my own. Turn out my dad love to go shooting guns with me and would buy them himself before he left this sh!tty world. We had a lot of fun shooting them together and good memories.

Love that movie

[frank 2,277]

3 hours ago, jerryskids said:

I went with self-taught because I have no specific memory of an event or person teaching me.  My dad had a rifle (.30-06) that he never really shot with us, that thing has a hella kick.  My first memories of shooting were with a BB gun shooting birds in our back yard.  I became quite a good shot, to the dismay of the birds.  Over my life I’ve done the occasional target shooting at a range or out in the wilderness, but other than one class a year ago never had formal training.  

I still don’t own one, but my son is getting into them, so I’m thinking of getting one myself.

I play the guitar. I taught myself how to play the guitar, which was a bad decision... because I didn't know how to play it, so I was a shitty teacher. I would never have went to me.

[Cloaca du jour 2,147]

I had to join the Ohio Taliban to learn to shoot an AK from the hip

[DonS 3,292]

Friend. Owned a shotgun and went hunting a few times when in high school.  

The ultimate teacher, however, was your mom.  Damn she knew how to handle my weapon. 

 

[Mookz 1,338]

3 minutes ago, DonS said:

Friend. Owned a shotgun and went hunting a few times when in high school.  

The ultimate teacher, however, was your mom.  Damn she knew how to handle my weapon. 

 

Did she ever figure out that hair trigger? 

[DonS 3,292]

1 hour ago, Mookz said:

Did she ever figure out that hair trigger? 

Unfortunately no.  I could definitely use some training on that. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,469]

7 hours ago, SUXBNME said:

Love that movie

Yea me too man.

[KSB2424 3,148]

Dad.  
 

is there any other answer? 

[DonS 3,292]

8 hours ago, KSB2424 said:

Dad.  
 

is there any other answer? 

There must be if you look at the staggering amount of gun violence in Chicago.

 

[edjr 6,578]

your mom loves to use my firearm

[BudBro 173]

Hunter safety class.