Peenie Wallie: Jennifer Gets A Rifle

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August 21, 2007

Jennifer Gets A Rifle

I bought Jennifer a rifle recently and then surprised her with it today. It's a little .22 CZ 452 Scout rifle with open sights and the single-shot adapter. I showed her how to hold it, carry it, open and close the bolt, and how to make sure it's on "Safe". I sat down with her and gave her a good long talk about gun safety. Never point a gun at something you don't intend to kill. Treat every weapon as though it were loaded. Don't play with it. We talked about "muzzle discipline". Not waving it around. Don't hang around with other people that don't respect guns. Etc. We talked for a long time, but we never put a round of ammo into the gun. That comes later. On Sunday, we're going to learn how to shoot it. Today, we just learned how to handle it.

Initially, I'm going to teach her how to use it as a single shot with open sights. Then, when she gets comfortable with it, later on we can get her some magazines for it and maybe a scope as well.

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