I got my first one at 8. An air rifle. Taught me a lot about gun safety before I got my first shotgun at 10, a Mossberg 20 ga.
Bolt action. I was hell on the ducks when I was a kid.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.