09-09-2015, 03:12 PM
(09-09-2015, 02:55 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: It was about a year ago. I started teaching her safety long before that.
It's a very large responsibility, and I wasn't going to actually let her handle and shoot a loaded weapon until I believed she was mature enough to handle it. My daughter is very mature for her age, which also played a key role in the decision.
If you have firearms in the home, safety training should occur as soon as they are able to understand it. Of course, the first version of that will be "do not ever touch these" and progress from there as they age. It is hard to judge how to progress from there, because it is so specific to the child. I have owned a firearm since birth and can't remember a time before I was plinking with a .22, but that's not going to be the same for everyone.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
