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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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![/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.”[/quote]

[b]Learning about gun safety emphasizes that they are not toys and shouldn't be used for showing off. [/b] 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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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