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Message: <blockquote data-quote="808racer" data-source="post: 2042150" data-attributes="member: 5249">Like most of you, I had plenty of toy guns as a kid, and used plenty of other objects as toy guns. However, even then, we were taught the fundamentals of gun safety and handling. When we graduated up to BB guns, we learned proper respect for them, and NEVER to point them at anyone. Another thing my Dad taught us was respect for nature and to be good stewards of the land and wildlife around us. I remember my friends going around shooting sparrows and black birds (with no intention of eating them, that I knew of) and thinking to myself, WTH is wrong with you guys? The other things my Dad stressed were marksmanship, quick humane kills, and ammo conservation. Once we moved up to .410's and .22's, I would always feel like a loser if it took more than one shot to take out a squirrel, and he used to beat into our skulls to never take a shot unless we were 100% positive we could make a clean one-shot kill. Having to pay for our own ammo out of our chore wages tends to improve accuracy as well.I guess the bottom line is: Whether or not a kid grows up with proper repsect for firearms is not solely dependant on whether he or she had toy guns, but more dependant on the training and discipline instilled by the parents. I plan on passing along to my son what was passed on to me with regard to gun handling, ethical hunting, etc. beginning with his very first toy gun.PS - As an adult, I still have a difficult time justifying emptying a 30rd mag into a target. But it sure is liberating when I decide to <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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