@O C: I have a Red Ryder in my safe right now haha it is fun for when I want to do a little off hand shooting in the backyard but don't feel like driving out to the range (plus ammo is $5/500! You can't even get .22lr that cheap haha).
The first gun I shot was my friend's dad's .22lr pistol with a red dot sight that we took out to the desert when I was like 12.
My dad has owned guns since before I was born, but we didn't go shooting because he moved out of state after my folks split up, unfortunately.
I will be visiting him this summer though and now I have a CCW that is recognized in Florida where he lives, so we'll both be carrying haha.