tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post8239371807628381608..comments2023-10-11T04:38:51.793-07:00Comments on Accept The Challenge: Guns and MinorsChief Instructorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-38075692647973458912010-07-18T21:39:36.882-07:002010-07-18T21:39:36.882-07:00Here in CA, we didn't get hunter safety back t...Here in CA, we didn't get hunter safety back then, but we actually did have archery. They'd probably get arrested nowadays for providing minors with weapons.Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-60657505294335663402010-07-18T19:13:09.125-07:002010-07-18T19:13:09.125-07:00I think my hunter safety class was in the 7th grad...I think my hunter safety class was in the 7th grade and was given to every boy in class (yeah, back then that's how they did it). Almost all of us grew up around guns so it wasn't new material. But that's rural Nebraska.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-52476661476184525512010-07-18T15:39:18.356-07:002010-07-18T15:39:18.356-07:00Andrea, I can say that the safest adults I know ha...Andrea, I can say that the safest adults I know had an introduction to guns as children.<br /><br />The youngest kid I've personally seen safely shoot a gun by himself was 8 years old. I think his dad started him at the shooting range around 7 years old. Again, it all comes down to the emotional maturity of the child.<br /><br />Eddie Eagle, or something like it, should be started as soon as possible. Have them recognize the need to get out of the area if mom, dad or some other trusted adult is not present.<br /><br />Guns, "safer bullets" - talk about Unclear On The Concept!<br /><br />When I was a kid, it was similar in our household. My dad was a cop and he'd unholster his gun each day he got home right in front of us. We'd get to hold the unloaded gun whenever we asked.<br /><br />It was the same thing you mentioned - take the mystery out of it. We'd then run out and play ball or ride bikes or whatever. It was no big deal.Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-78218631517747772862010-07-18T05:30:10.548-07:002010-07-18T05:30:10.548-07:00Compare the “ignorance is best” approach to guns a...Compare the “ignorance is best” approach to guns as currently practiced throughout modern liberal-dom, with their approach to sex education! Remember when Clintoon’s Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders’ wanted masturbation techniques taught to kindergardeners? <br /><br />Speaking of mouth-breathing stupid asses, here’s a memorable quote from Elders regarding guns:<br /><br />“What we need are safer guns, and safer bullets”<br /><br />[virtual hand slap to forehead while allowing jaw to hang open in abject amazement at the stupidity of that statement]<br /><br />As relating guns to children, I have made it a practice with my kids to introduce them to guns at the earliest possible age. After all, I was squirrel hunting unsupervised with a .22 by the time I was eight years old. What would you expect of someone like me? <br /><br />I made it a two-prong approach. While I hammered home the concept of safety at every opportunity, I also worked hard to remove every trace of novelty from guns. From the time my kids were walking, I had guns conspicuously positioned all thru the house. Those “training aides” were unloaded of course, and it had the effect of making guns no more interesting to my boys than a dust bin or a magazine stand.GunRights4UShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830687524291663778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-81019340860565819202010-07-18T04:58:19.241-07:002010-07-18T04:58:19.241-07:00Let me rephrase that. Both of my kids are interes...Let me rephrase that. Both of my kids are interested in hunting, not in the guns themselves. They both want to go deer hunting this fall and are only slightly deterred by the noise that Daddy's guns make.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662745930080756613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-65925736583544614772010-07-18T04:55:50.450-07:002010-07-18T04:55:50.450-07:00Interesting post, Chief.
This subject has been ...Interesting post, Chief. <br /><br />This subject has been coming up recently here at home as both of my children are interested in guns. They both have a good, healthy respect/fear of guns but they're still interested. In fact, my 4 y.o. daughter is convinced she's going hunting this fall. We'll check into that Eddie Eagle and see what that's like. THanks for the link!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662745930080756613noreply@blogger.com