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Take a Kid to a Gun Show
Ever chance I get. When my oldest daughter (now 8) was around 4, she wanted an ankle holster so she could carry her squirt gun around. She ended up shoving it in her belt as we went to wally-world.
She now has her own .22 revolver (obviously she only gets access to it when we go to the range). She handles it well, loads her own rounds, and cleans it at the end of the day.
If we don't teach our children to handle and respect firearms, the loss of that right is only 1 generation away, not to mention the danger of them not being able to handle or respect firearms. You can be the government school system is teaching them how evil firearms are.

I bought my son a Anschutz "Woodchucker," (I think was its name) .22 clip-fed bolt action rifle with iron sights. It was about 35 inches long and a perfect gun for an eight year old. I am constantly stunned by adults who don't have a gun in the house, "because we have children."