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Met the new boyfriend of a friend of mine. Found out thru conversation that his mom shot his dad and then herself when he was a kid and that consequently he hated pistols. He wanted to get to shoot a rifle but he never got the chance. After a bit of BSing he asked if I could take him out shooting AR's sometime and after a bit of talking about open carry (I open carry a G20) I showed him how to clear a pistol, and taught him basic pistol safety. And now I think he actually is going to go get his concealed pistol liscence and buy a handgun.
He literally went from being scared to touch a pistol to 2-hours later was holding it and could clear it and check safety, etc.
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I've said it many times.
Once you teach someone how a pistol works, exactly how it works, and that it is never capable of harm unti lthere is a bullet in the chamber...how all the magazine does is HOLD the bullets..all that. They are instantly unafraid of it.
It's really incredible when you think about it.
I'm afraid of spiders, but there aint a goddamned thing you can tell me, that's going ot make we walk over and pick one up with no fear of it.
ETA: I taught the ex gf how to disassemble a Glock in about 15 minutes. She went from being terrified when she saw it, to getting it off of the dresser and putting it on the coffee table when we were watching a movie on the couch.