The other day I had one of those things happen that really reminds me how times have changed. We had just finished Christmas shopping the day before and my wife had just gotten back from taking my youngest son out so he could do a bit of Christmas shopping himself. When she comes in, she pulls me aside and tells me that we bought the wrong gift for him and that while shopping for his brothers present at the LGS, he pointed out the SKS they had. She then convinced me that we need to return his gift and then get him the SKS for Christmas and his birthday, which is 3 days after.
That is an amazing thing coming from the same women that fought me tooth and nail when I bought our oldest son a squirt gun when he was little. She was raised in California and hated the idea of a gun in her house and didn't even like toy guns. Now, here she is making a good argument for buying a soon to be 13 year old an SKS. Maybe she saw Christmas Story one too many times or something, but it was one of those moments that puts you back a bit.
I was not real comfortable with buying an SKS for a 13 year old until she pointed out that it's not any different than the Henry rifle he saved for this summer. It stays in the safe, comes out on range trips, gets cleaned and goes back into the gun safe. The only difference between this SKS and my Norinco SKS (which he loves to shoot) is that he gets to call this one his when we go to the range and will take it with him when he grows up.
It was definitely a shocker to me coming from a woman that preaches against over indulging kids and that used to be as anti-gun as the come.
That is an amazing thing coming from the same women that fought me tooth and nail when I bought our oldest son a squirt gun when he was little. She was raised in California and hated the idea of a gun in her house and didn't even like toy guns. Now, here she is making a good argument for buying a soon to be 13 year old an SKS. Maybe she saw Christmas Story one too many times or something, but it was one of those moments that puts you back a bit.
I was not real comfortable with buying an SKS for a 13 year old until she pointed out that it's not any different than the Henry rifle he saved for this summer. It stays in the safe, comes out on range trips, gets cleaned and goes back into the gun safe. The only difference between this SKS and my Norinco SKS (which he loves to shoot) is that he gets to call this one his when we go to the range and will take it with him when he grows up.
It was definitely a shocker to me coming from a woman that preaches against over indulging kids and that used to be as anti-gun as the come.
Im sure he will love it and he will never forget it.
