Kids and Firearms

[out2kayak]

Just curious when everyone started teaching their children how to correctly use firearms.

Thoughts?

[Sieg]

When we arrived home from the hospital after the birth of our first child, a son who's 14 now, there was a Daisy Red Rider BB Gun on our doorstep from his uncle.........so we started pretty early.

I'm sure there's thousands of metro's that think I should be jailed for exposing a child to this.........

Doesn't seem to be bothering him though.

Daughter's first .22 being properly modified, she was 7 at the time.


Son with his Remington Model 34 Junior Target with factory peep sights.......one shot one kill at 25 yards, he was 9 at the time.


This is against the law now, she was fully capable of safely operating this quad solo at 7, took about 10+ hours of hands on training.


Don't let other's opinions guide you or your children's desires. You can't find out if their interested unless you expose them and pay careful attention to their body language.

[waynieZ]

Agreed !

[renegade6]

I think I started at 4 or 5 with my son. Key is to teach them respect of them and that they aren't toys. I think a lot of kids get in trouble when they are trying to figure them out and don't understand them.

[Sieg]

Muzzle awareness/direction and finger off the trigger cannot be over emphasized. Those over-rule action open/unloaded/safety on IMO because when the guns being used it's in a hot condition. If the the muzzle is kept towards the sky or at the ground that minimizes the severity of accidental discharges.

I was a drill sergeant with them at first, kids tend to let that muzzle float all over

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by Sieg

I was a drill sergeant with them at first, kids tend to let that muzzle float all over

Unfortunately some adults tend to do the same.