"So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun"
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Then the pivot: “and I love to shoot now.” The “now” matters. It’s not heritage or identity so much as conversion, the kind of personal arc that plays well in celebrity storytelling. You can hear the subtext: I wasn’t necessarily born into this; I chose it, I learned it, and it made me happy. That’s persuasive in a way policy arguments aren’t.
“It’s a lot of fun” is doing the heaviest cultural work. Fun is disarming language (no pun needed): it recasts shooting as recreation, adjacent to bowling or skeet on a weekend, not a referendum on violence. Coming from McEntire - a figure associated with warmth, steadiness, and mainstream appeal - the line functions like reputational cover. It invites audiences who trust her to see gun culture not as menace or ideology, but as a normal pastime with guardrails. That’s the intent: make it feel everyday, manageable, and safe enough to enjoy.
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McEntire, Reba. (2026, January 17). So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-i-took-lessons-and-i-love-to-shoot-now-its-a-73290/
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McEntire, Reba. "So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-i-took-lessons-and-i-love-to-shoot-now-its-a-73290/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-i-took-lessons-and-i-love-to-shoot-now-its-a-73290/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.



