I feel your pain. One of my earliest memories is of out-shooting my big brother when I was 3, using that old
Mossberg .22 rifle with the folding forend that served as a forward grip. This was before the 10/.22 was invented. A year later, I was part of a small group who would often walk the 2 blocks out of our neighborhood, carrying our rifles. It was fine with the neighbors, because we were ...