Kids and Firearms

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Originally Posted by toy71camaro

We just started with this a little bit this year. My son is 7.5 and my daughter is 4.

We went the "airsoft" handgun route. That way we could stay indoors at close range.

Teaching them the important rule about knowing your surroundings, muzzle location, trigger/safety, etc.

teaching them that it dont matter if its an airsoft, bb gun, or .45, its all the same. We dont "play" with them, and we handle them all the same as if they're loaded. More emphasis has been placed on it with my Son, he's more excited about it than my girl. Which i could expect. lol.

Airsoft's are in the safe at all times, just like any other gun would be.

Well said. I will add to this discussion that I personally don't bring a new firearm into my home, without my 9 year old son getting the opportunity to look it over real well. This puts to bed his curiosity about the firearm, and mentally he's over it. My son knew at the age of seven to treat every weapon, as though it's loaded.
Take your kids shooting a lot. Practice firearm safety often, because practice makes perfect.