YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST TIME

Over the next few months, chances are pretty good that you’ll be asked to help a neighbor, friend, or family member learn to shoot that new gun they bought in the COVID-19 pandemic. With 3.7-million background checks performed in March 2020 alone (the highest ever on record), and anecdotal reports saying that maybe as many as 75 percent of those sales were to first-time gun owners, there are a lot of folks with a shiny new gun box on the top shelf of their closet. Plenty of those folks will seek out trusted friends to help them learn the basics of shooting their new burglar extinguisher, and since you’re the resident firearms enthusiast in their world, it’s likely you’re just the person for the job.

When you get that text message, you’ll be excited to welcome a new firearms enthusiast into the world of defensive and sport firearms shooting, but what should you do to help them get started on the right