Oh, I'm a gun lover (nut?) and have been shooting since I was 5. It's just amusing to see the way gun threads take off. I have to fight the urge to weigh in.

You hear of gun accidents happening, but I have yet to see one. Definitely one of the safer and funner "sports" if you take the right precautions. I've introduced shooting to a small band of merry men, urban guys who grew up mostly hearing that "guns are for criminals," who now enjoy shooting and feel confident shooting a variety of fireams. I have yet to meet a skeptic who wasn't won over when given the chance to actually shoot (granted it's a small sample:).