Goodshot, I am proud of my little guy. But training them young in Australia is even more important than keeping young people interested in the sport shooting scene.
Here our politicians are attempting to restrict us in every possible way and the only way to ensure my son and grandchildren will be able to shoot when they are old enough is to make sure I bring them up in the knowledge that guns are tools and the responsibility lies in their hands not just to use them safely but to keep the politicans honest and prove we deserve to follow the past time that has fed & clothed our families and empowered our forebears for generations.
Politicians need to be told that just because we're in the 21st century it doesn't mean the old ways are wrong and valueless. Between politicians drumming up votes, spin doctors and the press, legal Australian shooters have copped a hiding. I won't go into specifics but everytime a police issue pistol is stolen from a station or some underworld figure shoots 3 other thugs down in the street with an unregistered handgun the licenced, long-proven members of the shooting fraternity get whacked with another threat of anti-gun legislation. And who is to blame? Those who should be preventing this with active means, not by hog-tieing the honest man. The day the government work out that their restrictions are feeding the black market will be a bright day but until that comes and politicians keep wearing their blindfolds it's only going to get worse.
But now I'll get off my soap box and sit waiting patiently for the day I can take my boy, put a rifle in his hands and show him how to respect it and use it with pride. Aint much more an father can ask more.
