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Originally Posted by chocolatelab
I know next to nothing about guns but my 8 year old didn't miss a word about it at dinner.
He "really really really really" wants to take gun lessons.
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Originally Posted by Superman
Gun lessons. Hmmmm....
My gun lessons started before I could ride a bike. I had a dad, and a grampa, who took guns seriously and that's the part I learned earliest. If I had pointed even a toy gun at someone to pretend to shoot them, I'd have regained consciousness at the other side of the room. As long as your boy gets a full dose of the importance of gun safety, he will be okay.
With the safety aspect FULLY ingrained.....heck, he can start shooting any time. He'd have a blast. So to speak.
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That's about the age I became enamoured with guns too and like Supe, I grew up around them. I first began shooting .22s at YMCA "day camps" and later Boy Scout camp with proper instruction, and still remember my dad letting me shoot my first shotgun on Thanksgiving day when I was 9...his 12 guage
. I too had "safety" ingrained & instilled early on and don't think I've ever picked one up without checking to see if it's loaded and muzzle direction and trigger prudence is second nature. Unlike Supe though, as kids we knew the difference between "real" and "play", and romping through the woods playing "army" and "cowboys and indians" was part of my childhood. Before I make it sound too romantic...my best friend that I've known for over 25 years took a shotgun blast to the face (lucky to live) when he was 16..."just two kids horsing around in the house"....so if the boy isn't "mature" enough and "absolutely" proves it...don't go there until he's ready. YMMV...