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Reply to "BIL got my SIX-year-old nephew a rifle for Christmas. Not a BB gun, a hunting rifle"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] To all the posters who mock the OP, Would you be comfortable being a guest in a house where a father has just offered his 6 year old a hunting rifle, and is helping him practice? [/quote] YUP[/quote] Me too. Our families are hunters. Six is about the age for a first gun. Gun safety is taught from a very young age and kids aren't allowed to shoot until they take gun safety. My in laws have a target set up in their yard. My BIL and nephew taught my boys to shoot and my boys are pretty good shots - and excellent with gun safety. We spend tons of time at our families' houses. [/quote] Yes, assuming the gun was being used under competent adult supervision. If BIL was with nephew and supervising the target shooting, 6 seems to me a reasonable age to begin teaching appropriate gun skills and safety. I know my grandfather started teaching my father and uncles to shoot around that age.[/quote]
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