Several teachers
I learned to shoot a .22 when I was a young woman, from a friend. I wasn't very good but I was hooked on plinking as a serious source of fun. Didn't get to do any shooting for many years, though.
Then when I decided to get my CHL, a friend of my husband's volunteered to bring his and his dad's arsenal of handguns to the range and let me shoot up as much ammo as I wanted. He showed me how to hold each gun, how to aim, and I was *hooked*
Then there are the guys at the gun counter at Gander Mountain. I know people bad mouth chain stores but I guarantee you I have learned more from them than from any other gun shop personnel. They really have been more than helpful and we've spent a lot of time just talking to them about guns. Granted that they know us well enough to know we'll eventually spend more money there
But they are very helpful.
And I've learned a ton from this board, and from The Firing Line. Granted, there are times that it's wise to, um, filter the information, but a lot of really knowledgable folks are on these boards and can be great resources. And some of them, like pax, have websites that are even better
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