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Pawpaw wrote:

RottenApple wrote:Now that's an idea. I've got a cheap Daisy BB gun that was my son's. Perhaps I'll take her in the back yard and start her off with that. Thanks for the tip!

You'd better rethink that.

Check out section 74-81 & 74-82 of the city ordinances.

http://library.municode.com/index.aspx? ... Name=Texas

You could always move to Katy:

http://z2.franklinlegal.net/katy-flp/

ARTICLE 7.200 DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS, AIR RIFLES AND OTHER PROJECTILES PROHIBITED*
It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm, air rifle, pellet gun, BB gun, carbon dioxide (CO2) gun, bow, crossbow, or so-called hunting slingshot so that the projectile therefrom crosses any public property, or crosses any thoroughfare or property line within the City of Katy, Texas; except that such may be discharged by any party upon his own property and upon the property of another only when acting in such other person's presence and with permission.

(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Section 15; Ordinance adopting Code)

RottenApple wrote:Thanks for the tip, Katy. I appreciate all the advice I can get.

My son is only 12, but with pistols he picked up the rules and ran with them. I still keep him to my right when we shoot so that I can still see him at all times, but I have fewer worries about him. I will, of course, still keep a close eye on him, especially since neither of us are very familiar with rifles. And the RSO at GPSR are good people and have offered to help us out.

My daughter, who is 14, is fairly terrified of guns but she is willing to learn. When taking her shooting, I will definitely NOT be shooting at the same time, regardless of whether it's pistols or rifles. I'll have 1,000% of my attention focused on her and helping her over her fears.

In both cases, I'd like my own rifle so that when they want to take a break I can shoot something a little more my size.

Good luck on getting your daughter more comfortable with guns. With mine, I started her on a BB gun for her 10th birthday. I got the least powerful one I could find (350 fps) and made sure it wouldn't shoot through the back fence. She had so much fun shooting cans, that she agreed to let me buy her the Cricket. Of course, it also helped a ton that her Mom mentioned she was 10 when she first started shooting with her Dad.

I recently bought my 10 year old a Cricket. One thing to remember is that it is perfectly acceptable for you to take turns shooting the same rifle as your kids. If you are like me, you will want to be watching them while they shoot, instead of sitting at the next bench over shooting your own rifle (then again I tend to be a bit paranoid when it comes to my kids).

If your son's have the same model as my daughter, then it will be difficult to hit anything beyond 25 yards (she ended up shooting at 10 yards), and you probably don't want to shoot your larger caliber rifle at that distance. Of course, if you go with a 22, then you could probably sit right next to them.

When I took my daughter out shooting, I brought along an AR for me to shoot, but the only thing I actually fired was her Cricket. We ended up having a bit of a contest on 2 side by side targets.