I remember when I was a child, around seven my father had a ten gauge shotgun. I was curious having grew up with firearms so I was happy when he said he’d let me shoot it. He helped me aim since it was heavy and then stepped back and when I shot next thing I remember I was on my ass haha.
Terrified me as a kid, wouldn’t even touch that thing until I was an adult. My dad on the other hand still brings it up as one of his favorite stories.
moral of the story,? Don’t put big boy guns in little hands. I guess.
Fair enough, its important To know if your kids are ready or not for weapons, I mean, they are tools specifically designed to kill after all. But learning to respect firearms young can help with understanding how dangerous they really are if used improperly
Though a clumsy kid with a gun sounds pretty scary lol.
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I remember when I was a child, around seven my father had a ten gauge shotgun. I was curious having grew up with firearms so I was happy when he said he’d let me shoot it. He helped me aim since it was heavy and then stepped back and when I shot next thing I remember I was on my ass haha.
Terrified me as a kid, wouldn’t even touch that thing until I was an adult. My dad on the other hand still brings it up as one of his favorite stories.
moral of the story,? Don’t put big boy guns in little hands. I guess.
Good way to scare some respect into the child early on as well. Assuming he had full control of what would happen.
It was a single shot break action, so after shooting the weapon was out of ammo. My dad would never have let me do anything too dangerous.
And I for sure knew that guns were dangerous after that. It was an important lesson for me, a good laugh for him haha.
I’d be so scared that my kid would fuck around and not just shoot the rifle but injure or kill themselves. Or me.
Let’s just say one of my kids inherited his mother’s clumsiness. 🙊🙈
Fair enough, its important To know if your kids are ready or not for weapons, I mean, they are tools specifically designed to kill after all. But learning to respect firearms young can help with understanding how dangerous they really are if used improperly
Though a clumsy kid with a gun sounds pretty scary lol.
It really does. Luckily I don’t have to make these choices. Strict gun law-country here. And I’m happy about that.