I went out and bought my very first gun about two years ago registered it in my name passed a background check the whole nine yards, about 6 months later I purchased my first handgun and I've been gaining more hands on experience ever since... so I'm not a life long NRA member or anything saying this, I never really owned guns my entire life just that stupid shotgun my brother gave me when I was 25 and yes I knew how to use it if I needed to but he bought it and he never fired it and neither did I