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What age do you think it is appropriate to teach a child to shoot?
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<blockquote data-quote="flatwins" data-source="post: 1032900" data-attributes="member: 5655"><p>Agreed AND... many parents have a gun in the house but prefer to hide it from the kids and pretend that they'll never find it. Kids are curious and unfortunately we all know what can happen. The gun won't give the safety talk on its own. It is up to the parent or grandparent to sit the kids down and "bake" the safety lecture into them. In my opinion it is far better, as a previous poster said, to take the kids out and let them see what a gun will do to tree stumps, watermelons, etc. and they will gain respect of the firearm. My dad made a huge point of those demonstrations and I remember it like it was yesterday. My son was getting the safety lecture several years before he fired a live round. Even my 6 yr old daughter knows to not touch a gun without asking me first. </p><p></p><p>Shooting can be a very enjoyable time for a family. It is among some of my best memories growing up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flatwins, post: 1032900, member: 5655"] Agreed AND... many parents have a gun in the house but prefer to hide it from the kids and pretend that they'll never find it. Kids are curious and unfortunately we all know what can happen. The gun won't give the safety talk on its own. It is up to the parent or grandparent to sit the kids down and "bake" the safety lecture into them. In my opinion it is far better, as a previous poster said, to take the kids out and let them see what a gun will do to tree stumps, watermelons, etc. and they will gain respect of the firearm. My dad made a huge point of those demonstrations and I remember it like it was yesterday. My son was getting the safety lecture several years before he fired a live round. Even my 6 yr old daughter knows to not touch a gun without asking me first. Shooting can be a very enjoyable time for a family. It is among some of my best memories growing up. [/QUOTE]
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