I believe that getting youth involved is key.
I live in Calgary, Alberta. My Sister lives on Okotoks AB, just a few miles to the South. She drives School Bus there. On a recent visit, we mentioned a Trap & Skeet club nearby. She told me she has taken School Bus loads of High School aged kids to that club to shoot Trap. Guns, ammo, everything supplied by the Club. 1:1 supervision on the range. They get to experience some fun shooting activity and see that its not "evil" and can actually be safe and fun.
I've recently joined that Club and intend to volunteer in that program.

Let's see, John, both involve shooting a long gun and hitting a target. You have to start somewhere.

Years ago in the state of California, when they were invaded by transplants, the live and let live lifestyle died. It was everyone for themselves and the themselves were always more important than yourselves.

Hikers and horse riders had always generally got along and shared the trails. Trails were simply marked “Motorized vehicles allowed” or not. Then came the new fangled off road bicycles, trail running and people packing gear on dogs and Llama’s. About as close to range wars on public land as you could get when you added in the environmentalists.

It took about 15 years for those who wanted to use public, land to realize they were losing to those who wanted public land closed to humans. Just because the environmentalists were out numbered 5/1 had little effect when it came time to vote. All you had to do was convince the horse riders and runners the bicyclists were the problem and you could get them kicked out. 

If I remember right the shooters were the first to go in many places.

It’s not likely Schuetzen itself will die. At least not before all shooting stops due to range closures. Unless of course we bring it on ourselves through petty divisions.

My youngest grand daughter now 23 was wanting to get a shooting scholarship to go to TCU University. So I bought her a Feinwerkbau 2700 light rifle. She also had a grant as she also wanted to become a youth minister.
Unfortunately and all though she could have made it to TCU with her shooting abilities. She unfortunately incurred a health issue to where she could no longer have achieved either of her own lifetime goals in life.

I personally don't look at it as being discourse but more about ones own personal experiences in life. I have actually enjoyed all of the individual comments tremendously and it is not often that are being presented.