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Curious, has anyone taught their children to shoot?
I started each of my daughters out on BB guns when they were about 6, shooting pop cans (not gonna lie, there were some beer cans in there too.). They had to listen to the 4 Firearms Safety Rules discussion before each session. If they violated any of the safety rules, the BB guns went away until the next time. It seemed to show them that the rules were not flexible and neither was Dad.
Within a month of starting, each one could recite the safety rules by heart. They still got the speech on all of the rules though. One time a neighbor kid came over with his nerf guns and wanted to play with one of the girls. The daughter he came to over play with had no patience for his lack of attention to the safety rules. When he failed to listen, she about knocked him on his butt before I stepped in. I was a proud Papa!
What are your experiences?
I started each of my daughters out on BB guns when they were about 6, shooting pop cans (not gonna lie, there were some beer cans in there too.). They had to listen to the 4 Firearms Safety Rules discussion before each session. If they violated any of the safety rules, the BB guns went away until the next time. It seemed to show them that the rules were not flexible and neither was Dad.
Within a month of starting, each one could recite the safety rules by heart. They still got the speech on all of the rules though. One time a neighbor kid came over with his nerf guns and wanted to play with one of the girls. The daughter he came to over play with had no patience for his lack of attention to the safety rules. When he failed to listen, she about knocked him on his butt before I stepped in. I was a proud Papa!
What are your experiences?