kids and guns

If there are gonna be guns in the kids' environment, then gun safety oughtta be uppermost from day one. When the kid displays enough sense and maturity to appreciate the need for gun safety, start 'em off with a BB gun ... a pump-type, not CO2, so they gotta work for each shot, and never let them at the BB gun without supervision untill they've demonstrated competence and responsiblity. I got my first firearm when I was about 9, I think; a cumbersome single-shot 22. I had a gen-you-wine Daisy Red Ryder lever action BB gun a good while before that. I didn't go shooting "alone" with the .22 for a couple years at least after that - I was probably around 11 or 12 (this was a looong time ago :wink: ). I still managed to get into trouble a couple times. I went that way with my own kids, and they've turned into responsible gun owners and conscientious hunters. Of course, there were a couple incidents when they were kids ...

Oh, and welcome to Able2Know. Great Avatar, BTW.