[ez]

I plan to give my boys .22s ...when they’re 15.

[snowtigger]

We lived on a homestead in Alaska. I got my first gun (a .410 shotgun), when I turned 10. By the time I was twelve, I carried it everywhere I went. I killed hundreds of grouse and rabbits every year.

By the time my boys were ten, we lived in a more populated area. They had guns, but were more restricted in their use.

Five is not too young to learn the proper use of guns,but they should be out of reach except when they are supervised. If they can't be locked up, the bolts should be pulled and secured from little hands.