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I was to shoot when I was seven. I was given my first .22 when I was nine, and by eleven I carried a .38 on my hip with snake shot (hill country rattlers) and a .22 for shooting squirrels and rabbits. I had my first 9mm at sixteen. The whole time I had full access to the guns in the house and the ammo, but if I every put them together without an emergency I would have had my hide tanned!

I was taught respect for them and safety was drilled into me. Now this was as PawPaw says "when dinosaurs roamed..." but I try to teach the same things to my Godsons.

Someone stated "it's the kids today." I disagree. Kids are kids and fundamentally they are no worse than we were. Don't deny it, we all had our moments... The problem, and again this is my opinion, is that there are many parents that do not teach basic values to their children. They are fresh souls, they only know what we teach them.