Teach Them Young

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by Queen of the Ryche

I'd rather teach her gun safety and respect for them than just keep them away and tell her "guns are bad", because that seems to be the most common cause of curiousity that leads to "I know where my dad hides his guns, wanna see?" All of our gun owning parent friends have taught their children so well that they know guns are not toys, are to be stored properly, are not to be touched except under direct adult supervision - they do not own toy guns - I really respect this methodology.

that is the way i was taught and that is the way i'm teaching my little cellarite. it's the best way i know. it's the only way i know. if i teach him young then he will respect them as i did as a child. it wasn't uncommon for me at 5 years old to go off on my own with the .22 rifle. i was taught well. i was brought up hunting/fishing on the weekends. i shot my first deer at 6 with a marlin 30-30. not too bad for a bean sprout.

[York]

Over here its pretty easy, guns are illegal(exept for cops and really bad guys) so.....no teaching them!