I would say that is one lucky kid. I didn't get my BB gun until I was ten. I got my first shotgun at age twelve.
If kids were educated about firearms at an early age there would be fewer accidents, and less opportunities for the gun-grabbers to preach about "gun violence."
I would want my children to learn gun safety because my dearest has guns. If the gun grabbers cared about gun safety, they'd allow the Eddie Eagle program but they don't.
I was "plinking" with a .22 by 10 and dad gave me a shotgun for my "Sweet 16" birthday.
I went on hunts with him as a kid and to this day I can still walk in the woods without so much as crackling a leaf.
The "hunt walk" has become second nature to the point that it drives hubby nuts because he says I keep "sneaking up on him" and freaking him out....:))
My dad, who as a child saw his father and brother executed by the Reds during the Russian Revolution, bought his sons rifles (.22 at age 10, 12 guage shotguns at age 12) and taught us how to shoot, hunt and defend ourselves should the need arise.
It was a helluva good education and came in handy when I was drafted into the Army.
Oh, one other thing. I have never shot anyone and neither has any of my guns.
they probably thought that you would shoot your eye out...
My dad gave me my first rifle when I was 9.
Got my first pistol when I was 12.
Can't imagine growing up not knowing about guns.
Grandpa actually made them from scratch.
No kidding.
I got my first bb gun for Christmas when I was six...and I didn't shoot my eye out! I always could outshoot my boy cousins, and I am still very good with a pistol.
Texas girls and boys still hunt, so this type of story wouldn't even make the news, much less front page. I hope we never have occasion to have to rely on getting our own food in this country, because most of our citizens would starve to death if there wasn't a supermarket available.