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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="ldp4570" data-source="post: 1013147" data-attributes="member: 5168"><p>Start them young!!! Take away the mystery of the gun(Unloaded of course). When I was an LEO my 3yr old son was always touching it in its holster. I unloaded it, handed it to him, showed him how to aim, where not to point it, and that he could look at any of my guns as long as he asks first. 9yrs later, and lots of talks, training, shooting an cleaning, along with his sister, they have no desire to handle out of curiosity unless its something new, which they still ask to see first. My son now has his personal list of what he wants to shoot when we get ready for the range, even though he has his own guns(They still stay in my safe). My daughter will go shoot, and enjoys it, but not a gunnut yet as my son is.</p><p></p><p>I got my first rifle(which I still have) 43yrs ago, and had been shooting and hunting squirrels, and rabbits for two years prior to that. My first shotgun was given the next year as an early Christmas present so I could go Quail hunting and to Dove shoots. I still have that too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ldp4570, post: 1013147, member: 5168"] Start them young!!! Take away the mystery of the gun(Unloaded of course). When I was an LEO my 3yr old son was always touching it in its holster. I unloaded it, handed it to him, showed him how to aim, where not to point it, and that he could look at any of my guns as long as he asks first. 9yrs later, and lots of talks, training, shooting an cleaning, along with his sister, they have no desire to handle out of curiosity unless its something new, which they still ask to see first. My son now has his personal list of what he wants to shoot when we get ready for the range, even though he has his own guns(They still stay in my safe). My daughter will go shoot, and enjoys it, but not a gunnut yet as my son is. I got my first rifle(which I still have) 43yrs ago, and had been shooting and hunting squirrels, and rabbits for two years prior to that. My first shotgun was given the next year as an early Christmas present so I could go Quail hunting and to Dove shoots. I still have that too. [/QUOTE]
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