HighVelocity wrote:When is a child old enough to use a gun responsibly?
Never, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. This is what the distinguished organization has to say about children and guns: Never allow your child access to your gun(s). No matter how much instruction you may give him or her, a youngster in the middle years is not mature and responsible enough to handle a potentially lethal weapon. Certainly the recent wave of school massacres give ample evidence of that.
What the heck...
My son recites Coopers 4 rules of gun safety in his sleep and he's only 12.
I work at a range and many times I have heard a child tell their parent to keep their gun pointed down range as I was heading over there to do the same. At least once a week I see a child handle a firearm more safely than their parents. A child that "gets it" is far safer than an adult who does not.