Shooting in general is a guy's sport. Let's face it. Half the human population couldn't give a crap.
Most guys like to shoot. It's in their DNA. Most guys don't have a place to shoot. They live in suburbia. Most guys don't have exposure to an experienced teacher. Most gun courses are specialized and don't teach entry level skills. If you didn't get it from your father then you didn't get it.
There is no doorway into the sport. You buy a gun and figure it out (or not). Very few shooters have any formal training. Many shooters have huge misconceptions about every aspect of shooting and firearms.
Then there is the divisive nature of politics and the hostile nature of the "warrior culture" within the shooting community. That is understandably a barrier to someone interested in taking up the sport.
Our fathers taught us to handle a rifle. Most were trained in the military and knew the basics. The NRA was active in every community and taught a structured way to get into the sport. The foundation for growth was there. All boys had access and almost all took it. The rest were heavily influenced by it. Gun training was a social norm.
Now every idiot out there is carrying a glock in their pocket with no training. Just what they learned from some other idiot on the internet. Lots of hunters are completely untrained and believe they know it all.
Most of the old buzzards that know their way around a rifle don't want to hang with young people. The only well trained shooters we have are warriors passing on warrior skills they learned in the military. It's not only a recipe for killing sport shooting. It's a recipe for disaster.
Most guys like to shoot. It's in their DNA. Most guys don't have a place to shoot. They live in suburbia. Most guys don't have exposure to an experienced teacher. Most gun courses are specialized and don't teach entry level skills. If you didn't get it from your father then you didn't get it.
There is no doorway into the sport. You buy a gun and figure it out (or not). Very few shooters have any formal training. Many shooters have huge misconceptions about every aspect of shooting and firearms.
Then there is the divisive nature of politics and the hostile nature of the "warrior culture" within the shooting community. That is understandably a barrier to someone interested in taking up the sport.
Our fathers taught us to handle a rifle. Most were trained in the military and knew the basics. The NRA was active in every community and taught a structured way to get into the sport. The foundation for growth was there. All boys had access and almost all took it. The rest were heavily influenced by it. Gun training was a social norm.
Now every idiot out there is carrying a glock in their pocket with no training. Just what they learned from some other idiot on the internet. Lots of hunters are completely untrained and believe they know it all.
Most of the old buzzards that know their way around a rifle don't want to hang with young people. The only well trained shooters we have are warriors passing on warrior skills they learned in the military. It's not only a recipe for killing sport shooting. It's a recipe for disaster.
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I had an uncle that did two tours, he also was in Burma. Never heard him mention that, he passed in the 90's.