I attended my first Appleseed last month. Sadly I didn't get the patch. I hadn't noticed my bifocals don't allow me to get a sharp front sight and I see a double image. Go figure, I have been using an Aimpoint for the last three years or so so I never noticed. But I did the course sans the sight so I was stuck with dealing with my deteriorating old eyes and iron sights. Humbling, but it taught me I'm not 20 anymore.
The nice thing about it was that my wife went too. She's all into rifles now.
The course was run very well. The instructors were professional and knowledgeable. I didn't notice any rhetoric that i considered political in any controversial way. I liked it. I'm going back to the eye doctor and see if I can fix this sight problem. I shoot handguns a lot more than rifles (and have been using reddot with the rifles), and hadn't noticed the focal problem. Then I'm going back and taking the course again.
I got interviewed while there. I only hope I didn't come across as a complete idiot.
Actually, it shouldn't be a problem. I tried to stick to the points that shooting is an American heritage and that it's great that the program instructs kids as shooting is an awesome way to teach them self-responsibility. They interviewed my wife also. She mainly stuck to the concept that women should learn to shoot and become capable people that can fend for, and protect, themselves.
