Anniversary with a Bang!

Jon and I have been married 3 years on August 21st 2012. We were driving home from our vacation/family visit in Michigan on our anniversary, so we did not celebrate that day.  We are notorious for  celebrating special occasions later than the actual day!  So we finally got around to our 'date night/anniversary celebration' a couple months later.  It was a great night, although I'm not sure who had more fun!  We went to a pistol range (My first time shooting a pistol!)  I was so excited to go.  Jon purchased his pistol quite a few months ago and since then I've been itching to go to the range and learn to shoot it, but with the baby, it's been hard for us to get away!  Jon grew up in a hunting family and is now in the military, so he is familiar and comfortable with many types of fire arms.  I, on the other hand, only shot once before. I visited a friend in North Dakota in the summer of... 2006 I think, and we shot rifles and shotguns at targets and clay pigeons in her back yard.  That was awesome.  Not many places you can do that around here though!  Other than that, I have zero experience with guns.  So, our date night consisted of: the range, dinner at Applebees, and a movie (The Dark Night Rises.)  Dinner and the movie were just that, dinner and a move.  Not very eventful.  The range, was awesome!  We went to Pistol People in Bensalem, and the owner (at least I think he was the owner) was really cool and helpful.  After learning that this would be my first time shooting a pistol, he gave me a one on one lesson on how to handle the weapon and defend myself.  Apparently I was picking up on things quicker than he thought I would because he was very impressed!  He even gave me a holster to try out after I started shooting!  I guess Jon was also impressed because when we got home (well after saying goodbye to our awesome babysitter) the first thing he did was take pictures of the targets and post them to his facebook page!

This is the pic he posted!

Shooting is my new favorite thing and I can't wait to go again!!  Are you a military spouse?   What branch?   Do you shoot?  How do you feel about it, do you love it as much as me?!?  How bout kids and guns/gun safety, do you teach (or plan to teach) your kids about guns and safety or will/do you keep them from the kids all together?  I'd love to hear your answers and thoughts! Thanks for reading!