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I learned all about guns to earn a badge when I was in Girl Scouts. I was given a gift membership to the NRA by a former boyfriend. I attended the NCAA rifle championship University of Alaska Fairbanks (I believe it is 6 years running of taking the NCAA with a co-ed team), and took pistol and rifle marksmanship classes for my PE credits (also bowling, billiards, golf, and country line dancing). Shooting skeet is entertainment as well.
Not too many gun accidents in Alaska by locals, most are by not too bright tourists. Guns are a way of life there. I wouldn't ever go camping without a 45, not that those always stop a grizzly or a moose. On campus at UAA, the campus officers have used their guns more often to kill moose than to apprehend perps. Crazy critters.
I probably won't own one unless I move back to Alaska. The only time some crazy tried to break in through my window, I smacked him on the hand with a shoe and called the cops. If you live on the ground floor or with an accessible window, extra locks and perhaps an iron bar are a must. My roommate learned after that night to not sleep with the window open, and naked.
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