Fun with Grandkids and the next generation of shooter.

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My wife and I were able to grab our granddaughter on Saturday. My wife wanted to spend time baking with her. So in between baking and decorating cakes and cookies, she saw me opening the Caldwell Stinger Shooting Rest my wife ordered for me from Amazon and asked,

“What are you doing, Grandpa?” when I told her that I was putting together a rifle rest, she asked, “Can I help?” How could I say no to that! So I started the screws, and she tightened them up. I was surprised that the screws were pretty tight, did almost nothing to tighten them down all the way.

Kid’s and grandkids are the next generation of shooters. Without them, our sport will die, and the anti-gunners will have more followers who would more likely be gun advocates if they were exposed and taught how to use firearms at an early age.

It irritates me that my Gun Club will not allow the Junior Rifle Training Program to start up again. From what I understand, they are would rather reserve the time slots for the range members (and day-use Money) since the range has been cut to half capacity (every other shooting position). They don’t get that if they don’t promote shooting of the young and get them out to the range that eventually the range will not exist because all of us old farts are going to be too old or dead, and there will be too few shooters to support the club and the sport.

All you have to do is open your eyes and look… You see few young folks at the range anymore.

I’m glad that my kids take my grandkids out shooting often at least they will have fond memories when the time comes when we lose our gun rights.

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