My dad bought me my first gun, a Marlin model 25 .22lr bolt rifle, when I was 12. Before that we didn't have any guns in the house. He also bought himself a Glenfield (Marlin) Model 60 at the same time. He taught me how to shoot but he was not a big time gun guy. He occasionally hunted in his youth, but that was about it. Later in life he started shooting handguns pretty regularly. My dad probably owned 5 or 6 guns his entire life. I had more than that by the time I left for the Army at age 18.

Both my grandfathers owned several guns. But they either got out of the hobby by the time I was old enough to really shoot with them or they weren't shooters.