As a British person,

I started with a [url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/GatUncockedLeft.JPG/300px-GatUncockedLeft.JPG]177 Gat Gun[/url] at age 5.

Then at age 8 I got a .22 air rifle.

At age 11 I went paint balling.

At age 15 I realised how much my country sucks when it comes to gun ownership, so I took up archery. Which was fun but costly + hassle.

At age 23 I went clay pigeon shooting with some kinda pump action real gun. I remember the shoulder bruising.

And that's it. That's all I'll ever know of fire arms... still, thank God there's always wikipedia/youtube for me to go wank over. Oh, oh, and I have a deactivated Mills grenade. So yeah. On the plus side, at least there's only a 10% chance of a gun being real, if one ever gets pulled on me.

EDIT: Oh, and if the Queen ever calls me up to serve in a longbow levy for our future invasion of the U.S, I'll be ready.