Posted by Brokenwrench on August 27, 2014 at 08:54:12 from (75.100.30.189):
In Reply to: Re: kids and guns posted by NCWayne on August 27, 2014 at 07:17:05:
This is exactly the response my brain was trying to put together.
I have three kids, two boys and a girl. They are all fluent with firearms. That said, they started shooting a single shot .22. Then graduated to a lever action .22. I wanted them to be familiar with handguns as well. I have a nice single action Ruger single six that is perfect for beginners. I wanted them to learn marksmanship as well as safety. All of them have been through firearms training. As the years have went by their skills have progressed to the point to where they are more responsible with firearms than alot of my adult friends.
What surprises me is how many of their friends that went through gun training with them had no clue what they were looking at or how to handle a firearm. These are kids that come from homes with parents who own firearms, hunt, etc. If these kids first exposure to a gun was at gun training, what is next, here take a shotgun and hit the woods junior. You had your 24 hr training, you are good to go?
To the point, when there is a firearms accident involving kids, it is almost always because of some form of mishandling, not anger or intent to kill. Accidents happen, and are horrible when they do. Handing a 9yr old a fully automatic weapon is one way to increase the odds greatly.
Its like teaching a kid to run farm equipment. You start out easy and as their skills progress so do the tasks you let them handle. I can teach anyone to drive a tractor and go up and down the field baling for me. Its a matter of a couple levers and a quick 5 minute tutorial. Its what happens when something doesnt go right. Do they have the basics of shutting the PTO and the tractor down before they get out? Do they have any clue what they are looking for anyway? That is gonna greatly increase the odds of getting seriously injured or killed.
Its the same with firearms and accidents like this. Someone put the cart way before the horse and ended up paying the ultimate price.
Heck, I have shot alot of guns and am a good sized guy. If you handed me a mini uzi I would want a thorough run through on how to handle it and what to expect. BW
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