New shooter introduced to pistols, rifles and Uzi
The NRA Publications team took National Review journalist Jim Geraghty shooting for the first time. The lucky Geraghty got to shoot a fully automatic Uzi on his very first trip to a gun range!
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subasewrote on August 18th, 2011 at 6:22 pm Link To Comment |
Yeah. accidentally shooting his hand if it slipped, on his first time shooting a gun no less, would not have been a thumbs up for the NRA.
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Nadnerbuswrote on August 18th, 2011 at 5:35 pm Link To Comment |
Very cool, but everyone keep in mind National Review is a conservative journal of opinion, so this is still a bit of preaching to the choir. If they can get Maureen Dowd or Krugman down there and change their minds, then we might be getting somewhere.
Everyone should go shooting at least once if they want to have an opinion on guns.
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"gunner"wrote on August 18th, 2011 at 2:47 pm Link To Comment |
back when my daughter was a teenager we were out shooting my f.n. and her ar15 when we heard the slow “pop, pop, pop” of a single shot bolt action .22 in the large sand pit we were shooting in, on our way out we met another dad teaching his younger daughter, about 12 years old, to shoot, so we invited her to try my daughter’s rifle. after showing her it would not “kick” her hard, by shooting it one handed, as if it were a pistol, she gave it a try. then went through a 30 round magazine to bolt lock, turned to her dad and said, firmly, “i want one of these daddy!”
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flowmasterwrote on August 18th, 2011 at 11:59 pm Link To Comment |
That range is in the NRA basement. Definitely something to check out if you’re going to be visiting their museum. Drive around back underneath the parking garage and you’ll see the entrance. Its truly the best range in Virginia or the DC metro area, with the ability to shoot up to 338 Lapua at a 50 yard indoor range at only like twelve bucks an hour. You don’t have to be an NRA member to use the range either, it’ll just cost you an extra dollar or two per hour.
I like how the guy didn’t keep the gun down range at all when he pulled out the AR and brought it over to the shooting lane. Any one of us would get thrown off of the range for the way he handled that rifle. Guns should be holstered/unholstered or cased/uncased on the firing line with the muzzles pointing downrange according to their rules. Everyone has to take a written safety test which outlines their rules in order to shoot there. Maybe the guy with the AR is above the rules.
SBRs and silencers are allowed at that range with proper paperwork, but no AOWs or full auto is allowed. I’m not sure about their opinion on SBS, but I know they won’t let you shoot a shotgun without a buttstock.
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Steve (The Firearm Blog)responded to flowmaster on August 19th, 2011 at 2:40 am Link To Comment |
Its a very nice range. I have shot there with Ed.
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Suburbanwrote on August 21st, 2011 at 7:49 am Link To Comment |
Okay, one fairly-conservative journalist introduced to shooting. Now they’ve got to work on the people at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer. . . . . . .
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Chuckwrote on August 19th, 2011 at 8:18 am Link To Comment |
How come they didn’t show the last target?????
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Flashmanwrote on August 18th, 2011 at 12:52 pm Link To Comment |
Why did the journalist only shoot GLOCKs?
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Peter in DCwrote on August 18th, 2011 at 8:04 am Link To Comment |
That’s my range!! And if I recall, correctly mind you, full-auto is prohibited. Perhaps if I become a reporter and shoot like a girl they’ll let me bring in some auto fun.
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SpudGunwrote on August 17th, 2011 at 9:27 am Link To Comment |
Hooray! That’s what we need. Every lilly livered anti-gun friend I’ve ever taken shooting has suddenly changed their opinion on firearms.
Don’t get me wrong, they still think that guns are an agent of total death, but they understand that everyone who goes shooting isn’t a psychopath ready to slay innocent people.
Despite themselves, they love the buzz but still have self denying reservations. Leopards and spots, etc.
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chirolwrote on August 17th, 2011 at 9:26 am Link To Comment |
That’s funny, I live a few miles from the NRA range and go there regularly. They are NOT NFA friendly.
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Witt Sullivanwrote on August 17th, 2011 at 8:06 am Link To Comment |
I wish more (really, all) journalists were as open minded as he is. The world would be an easier place.
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JTwrote on August 17th, 2011 at 1:45 pm Link To Comment |
I would not give that man an Uzi.
At least it wasn’t a Glock 18. That just would have been wrong.
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"gunner"wrote on August 17th, 2011 at 5:33 pm Link To Comment |
short bursts jim, short controlled, aimed bursts, no “spray and pray” it just wastes ammo.
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Lewwrote on August 18th, 2011 at 3:14 am Link To Comment |
All one needs to be a good person is an open mind and a willingness to try new things. This person obviously has both. Especially poignant was what he said at the beginning about writing about the issues, “the single guy who gives marital advice” is an excellent analogy.
Mr Geraghty, you have grown as a person in my eyes. Now we just have to work on those groups ^^
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billwrote on August 17th, 2011 at 11:21 pm Link To Comment |
awesome that the NRA pr people did this. I love taking people who’ve never gone shooting before.
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Dmitrywrote on August 17th, 2011 at 6:10 am Link To Comment |
Journalist vs. guns.
Similar to girl vs. gun.
Funny Joke!Please rate this comment: 0 0
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Okay, one fairly-conservative journalist introduced to shooting. Now they’ve got to work on the people at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer. . . . . . .
How come they didn’t show the last target?????
That range is in the NRA basement. Definitely something to check out if you’re going to be visiting their museum. Drive around back underneath the parking garage and you’ll see the entrance. Its truly the best range in Virginia or the DC metro area, with the ability to shoot up to 338 Lapua at a 50 yard indoor range at only like twelve bucks an hour. You don’t have to be an NRA member to use the range either, it’ll just cost you an extra dollar or two per hour.
I like how the guy didn’t keep the gun down range at all when he pulled out the AR and brought it over to the shooting lane. Any one of us would get thrown off of the range for the way he handled that rifle. Guns should be holstered/unholstered or cased/uncased on the firing line with the muzzles pointing downrange according to their rules. Everyone has to take a written safety test which outlines their rules in order to shoot there. Maybe the guy with the AR is above the rules.
SBRs and silencers are allowed at that range with proper paperwork, but no AOWs or full auto is allowed. I’m not sure about their opinion on SBS, but I know they won’t let you shoot a shotgun without a buttstock.
Its a very nice range. I have shot there with Ed.
Yeah. accidentally shooting his hand if it slipped, on his first time shooting a gun no less, would not have been a thumbs up for the NRA.
Very cool, but everyone keep in mind National Review is a conservative journal of opinion, so this is still a bit of preaching to the choir. If they can get Maureen Dowd or Krugman down there and change their minds, then we might be getting somewhere.
Everyone should go shooting at least once if they want to have an opinion on guns.
back when my daughter was a teenager we were out shooting my f.n. and her ar15 when we heard the slow “pop, pop, pop” of a single shot bolt action .22 in the large sand pit we were shooting in, on our way out we met another dad teaching his younger daughter, about 12 years old, to shoot, so we invited her to try my daughter’s rifle. after showing her it would not “kick” her hard, by shooting it one handed, as if it were a pistol, she gave it a try. then went through a 30 round magazine to bolt lock, turned to her dad and said, firmly, “i want one of these daddy!”
Why did the journalist only shoot GLOCKs?
That’s my range!! And if I recall, correctly mind you, full-auto is prohibited. Perhaps if I become a reporter and shoot like a girl they’ll let me bring in some auto fun.
All one needs to be a good person is an open mind and a willingness to try new things. This person obviously has both. Especially poignant was what he said at the beginning about writing about the issues, “the single guy who gives marital advice” is an excellent analogy.
Mr Geraghty, you have grown as a person in my eyes. Now we just have to work on those groups ^^
awesome that the NRA pr people did this. I love taking people who’ve never gone shooting before.
short bursts jim, short controlled, aimed bursts, no “spray and pray” it just wastes ammo.
I would not give that man an Uzi.
At least it wasn’t a Glock 18. That just would have been wrong.
Hooray! That’s what we need. Every lilly livered anti-gun friend I’ve ever taken shooting has suddenly changed their opinion on firearms.
Don’t get me wrong, they still think that guns are an agent of total death, but they understand that everyone who goes shooting isn’t a psychopath ready to slay innocent people.
Despite themselves, they love the buzz but still have self denying reservations. Leopards and spots, etc.
That’s funny, I live a few miles from the NRA range and go there regularly. They are NOT NFA friendly.
I wish more (really, all) journalists were as open minded as he is. The world would be an easier place.
Journalist vs. guns.
Similar to girl vs. gun.
Funny Joke!