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by Tote 9
Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:17 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Teaching kids about firearms
Replies: 29
Views: 4146

age_ranger wrote:I got a BB rifle a an early age and shot a bird on a wire which landed in my back yard and fluttered for forever before passing on. That's when I understood the power and responsibility that comes with gun ownership.

Oh, and that 80 pumps in a crossman airgun will kill birds at 25yds.

With all the airsoft "toys" on the market, it's quite easy to teach proper handling and safety. In fact, tonight under a veil of darkness and an illumnated taret at 7yds, my daughter and I unleashed the power of our new 6mm full auto P90 in the living room!! Shredded those paper targets we printed out and left enough BB's to kill the vacuum next time it goes through there! Nothing like quality time with the kids!!
Yes, training and supervison is the key to safe and fun shooting
. Unfortunantly I had neither one. My Father was a trucker and was
seldom home until my later years. I do not fault him for that as that
was how he made our living. What I learned I learned on my own through
experience and of cource mistakes.
by Tote 9
Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:05 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Teaching kids about firearms
Replies: 29
Views: 4146

KBCraig wrote:We had a blast on our "backyard range" today.

Participants:
4 year old son
11 year old son
17 year old daughter
16 year old best girlfriend

Range officers:
The Missus and I

Kevin
Boy, I'm glad to see them starting out young with good training and supervison. I had much rather see them start with rifles or shotguns or
anything else besides a BB gun.

As a boy My first gun was a BB gun and I knew it would hurt, but not kill me. As kids will be, I was careless one day and shot my eye
out . It cost me an eye and my parents a lot of grief and money. I started my son out as you are, with training, a shotgun and a rifle. No
BB guns. No offence to BB gun owners, I just had a bad experince with
them.

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