Would you let your 11 year old do target shooting?

[Anonymous]

No. There are plenty of other activities available both in and out of school for my son. But you have a girl. If I had a girl I might let her in the hopes that it would help her stand out when college app time came.

-Asian-American lowkey tiger mom married into a gun family. Between 5 gun people there are probably 50-100 guns in husband’s close family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Living in this culture there is absolutely not a chance in hell I would raise my kid unable to shoot a gun and unable to understand gun safety. I see gun safety and gun mechanics as important as learning to swim.

No we do not own any guns.

Your point is well said. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

You speak only for yourself - who has had no formal training.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

You speak only for yourself - who has had no formal training.

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I have training. I have handled plenty of guns and have a sibling in the military. DH is a gun owner and makes custom mods himself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

You speak only for yourself - who has had no formal training.

?

I have training. I have handled plenty of guns and have a sibling in the military. DH is a gun owner and makes custom mods himself.

And they show off their guns irresponsibly? Yes or no?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Would teach them responsible gun safety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

This sort of thing happens in families where the children are either ignorant of firearm safety, or where they have been exposed to firearms but the adult involved substituted supervision for proper safety instruction. The instruction a young person would receive in any sort of organized shooting program would in no event encourage the mishandling of firearms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

Learning about gun safety emphasizes that they are not toys and shouldn't be used for showing off. At least the rangemaster at our Scout camp had that in his speech to the kids. I'm anti-gun, but was of the camp that learning about gun safety and using guns in an environment where there is a trained rangemaster guiding the session is a good safety measure. We will not have guns in our house, I will discourage the use, but I will make sure my kids knows and understands gun safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

Learning about gun safety emphasizes that they are not toys and shouldn't be used for showing off. At least the rangemaster at our Scout camp had that in his speech to the kids. I'm anti-gun, but was of the camp that learning about gun safety and using guns in an environment where there is a trained rangemaster guiding the session is a good safety measure. We will not have guns in our house, I will discourage the use, but I will make sure my kids knows and understands gun safety.

My husband hunts and owns guns. My kids have learned that guns are tools from the time they were small. We don’t have play guns and they don’t play video games that involve shooting people. They take gun safety seriously and would never think to show off a gun to friends. Especially since they are secured and they have no access to them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Knowledge is power. Swim lessons are good, because water can kill you or save you. Gun lessons are good because they teach you how NOT to find a gun and accidentally shoot your friend because you didn’t know how it works. People don’t have to own a gun, or even ever shoot a gun, but please learn about safety.

Learning about fire is also good because fire can kill you or save you. Making your own child ignorant is shortsighted.

Or, learning about guns makes the kid want to front when you find a friend’s parent’s gun. So the kid handles it to show off bc she “knows all about guns.”

You speak only for yourself - who has had no formal training.

?

I have training. I have handled plenty of guns and have a sibling in the military. DH is a gun owner and makes custom mods himself.

And they show off their guns irresponsibly? Yes or no?

I don’t know a single gun owner (except maybe those who have only one unused gun at home) who hasn’t displayed the gun inappropriately or otherwise preened or salivated over guns, or photographed themselves with guns in an obnoxious way. If not bravado (often the women and very old are not as braggy), they are way too casual about storage, chucking guns into purses, tossing a gun into kitchen cabinet, etc. And I know a lot of gun owners. All are college educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grade DD is desperate to join the school target shooting team. I'm not sure what to think...it seems a bit weird, culturally. I am open to others' thoughts, though!

Yes, I would and I have.

[Anonymous]

I don’t let my daughter play with toy guns, but I would allow this. The difference is that kids point toy guns at each other. No one on a target shooting team will be pointing their gins at anything other than a target. I am not w guns, I am against people using guns to shoot other people.

[Anonymous]

I wanted to add, I would allow her to join the team, I would not allow her to keep a gun in our home. Even if I purchased her a gun, I would want to have it stored at the range. I do not think a gun is needed for self defense where we live.