So yesterday I was outside doing some field work again and took a lower level coworker with me. He's a good kid, and is very reliable, a hard worker, punctual and takes initiative etc. I'm always happy to use him when I can even though he doesn't work in my group. I'd trade him in a second for the dipshit I'm normally stuck with. Anyway, his only flaw is he's a fucking Bernie-Boy. Whatever....we normally don't talk politics but I saw the button on his jacket and so I know.
Low and behold, we're out in the boonies working and he out of nowhere asks me where's a good place to go shooting. I was sort of in shock, actually, not ever thinking I'd hear those words from him. I guess I have a reputation as the "gun-guy". I work with almost nothing but millenial/liberals. Anyway, he proceeds to tell me that his mother and her boyfriend helped him buy it and he goes shooting with her occasionally now. He also said it's weird, because growing up his mom was against guns and wouldn't even let him have a BB-gun. Now she owns many handguns, shoots all the time and recently even bought an AR15. (Now I know where all the ammo it going!)
So I of course started talking to him and giving him the scoop as to all the local places he can shoot, public and private ranges. I even offered to take him and teach him how to shoot. He bought a Canick(?) 9mm handgun. I never heard of them. He said it's Turkish. I see this as an opportunity to teach him not only how to shoot, but how to protect those rights. I'm even considering letting him shoot some of my ammo since he says he only has 100 rounds and can't of course find ammo anywhere.
My question to the community is this: How do I go about this without sounding too preachy? Yeah, he's a Bernie-boy but if you saw him or his work ethic, you'd never have known. I don't think I'm wasting my time, and if we're going to win this thing, I feel it's my duty to at least try. I just love hearing stories like this, about his mom becoming a 2A proponent etc. I know it's been talked a lot here about Libs buying guns, but if we can guide them in the right direction, it's a win for 2A IMHO. The whole situation kind of lifted my spirits a bit, thinking the Republic may not be lost after all.
Anyone else have experience with this sort of thing?
Low and behold, we're out in the boonies working and he out of nowhere asks me where's a good place to go shooting. I was sort of in shock, actually, not ever thinking I'd hear those words from him. I guess I have a reputation as the "gun-guy". I work with almost nothing but millenial/liberals. Anyway, he proceeds to tell me that his mother and her boyfriend helped him buy it and he goes shooting with her occasionally now. He also said it's weird, because growing up his mom was against guns and wouldn't even let him have a BB-gun. Now she owns many handguns, shoots all the time and recently even bought an AR15. (Now I know where all the ammo it going!)
So I of course started talking to him and giving him the scoop as to all the local places he can shoot, public and private ranges. I even offered to take him and teach him how to shoot. He bought a Canick(?) 9mm handgun. I never heard of them. He said it's Turkish. I see this as an opportunity to teach him not only how to shoot, but how to protect those rights. I'm even considering letting him shoot some of my ammo since he says he only has 100 rounds and can't of course find ammo anywhere.
My question to the community is this: How do I go about this without sounding too preachy? Yeah, he's a Bernie-boy but if you saw him or his work ethic, you'd never have known. I don't think I'm wasting my time, and if we're going to win this thing, I feel it's my duty to at least try. I just love hearing stories like this, about his mom becoming a 2A proponent etc. I know it's been talked a lot here about Libs buying guns, but if we can guide them in the right direction, it's a win for 2A IMHO. The whole situation kind of lifted my spirits a bit, thinking the Republic may not be lost after all.
Anyone else have experience with this sort of thing?