Definitely do it. Not for the thrill, but for the learning. If nothing else it will give you first hand experience of just how deadly a gun can be. I've shot guns (pistols,shot guns and rifles about 35 years ago, all at paper/clay targets... ...and one pigeon) and at one point was fairly proficient. I am honest enough to admit a degree of fascination, but also a much larger degree of abhorrence that anyone would even think of using one against a fellow human being. Film, etc. cannot give you the experience, the smell, the sound and the touch. It's one of those things you need to be in the physical presence of to truly understand... ...and reject.