Longtime readers know I’ve been appearing on NRA News on SiriusXM satellite radio since 2004, and periodically write about Second Amendment issues. But until very recently, I had never picked up, much less fired a gun.

I’m thinking of writing a longer piece about my first trip to the shooting range, but here is the video, courtesy the fine fellows Cam Edwards of NRA News and Ed Friedman of Shooting Illustrated magazine:

Yes, it is every bit as much fun as it looks.