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This happened a while back, but I still think it's kinda funny.

A friend of mine asked me accompany him, his pastor, and his youth group to the range one Saturday. We were going out to shoot some skeet and my friend asked me to bring my Bersa .380. The pastor also brought his .22 rifle. When we got there, we went over the basic safety rules with the kids.

Rule #1: Every gun is a loaded gun!
Rule #2: NEVER point any gun at a person.
Rule #3: Obey the rules of the range.

After going over these rules and recieving some instruction from the range owners on how to handle our guns while at the range, we split up into two groups and headed to the skeet range. In the group of guys we brought, there were some who had seldom shot before and a couple of newbies as well. One of those newbies wound up in my group. As we started out on the first station, this seventh grader comes up with a over-under 20 gauge that belonged to the pastor's son. He took his first shot at the clay and as we were coaching him on his stance and grip, he swings around to face us, still holding the gun with a shot left in it! Fortunately, the pastor's son, who was the skeet veteran in our group, was close enough to push the gun away before anyone lost anything vital. We passed the rest of the stations without incident and moved over to the pistol range.

The place we were shooting had combined their pistol and rifle ranges for some reason. When we got over there, I pulled out my gun case and called the guys over. Once again I stressed the basic safety rules, especially the first two. The kids were very excited to get to shoot my handgun, so I loaded a clip and gave the gun to one of them, making sure that he pointed it down range. The seventh grader (I'm sensing a pattern developing) proceeded to fire all seven rounds and then spun around with the gun in his hand, pointing it at the crowd of guys behind him. I quickly took the gun from him and laid it on the tabe. After once again stressing the first two rules, I added one of my own:

Rule #4: After firing, lay the gun on the table and step away.

All in all, it was an enjoyable afternoon. All the same, though, there were some moments I don't want to repeat soon.