Children w/ guns?

Question

Should kids use guns... It makes it so instead of "Hey a gun lets go check it out... oops i shot my friend" to "Hey a gun don't go neat it unless dad is here" but at the same time what about incidentes???

Answer 1

Bound's hubby here:

I was brought up around guns. I was taught from an early age that guns were not toys but they were, first and foremost, tools that put food on the table. Secondarily, they were for recreation, and finally, they were for defense. The way I was brought up I was taught firearm safety with my toy guns before I was even allowed to touch a firearm. I was taught to respect firearms. At no point did my parents or grandparents try to keep guns away from me to make them mystical and curious objects. Even though I was given my first gun at 9, I was not allowed to touch any gun without supervision until I was 14.

The first lesson I had about what a gun could do was when I was about 8. When my grandfather had me shoot his hunting shotgun at an old metal bucket... it not only knocked me on my butt, the bucket was full of about maybe 50 holes and bounced a good 20 feet. It caught my eye about what a gun could do.

My wife and I have decided that our daughter (and any other children we may have) will be brought up around guns. We will not isolate her from guns to make her curious about them. From an early age she will be taught to respect a firearm and how to make it safe. She will know how to safely handle them and use them. Should she have any toy guns, the safety lessons will begin there.

She will not be raised with mixed values about guns. There will not be any paintball guns nor airsoft guns. She will not be allowed to think that it's ok to point one type of gun at a person and not another. All guns, whether toy or real, will be treated the same... as if they were real guns. Safety begins at an early age and in the home. She will learn that guns are tools that put food on the table, that they provide recreation (target shooting, competitions, etc.) and security. The greatest lesson she will learn is that when a gun goes off the outcome will be final... not like on t.v. when a character is shot one week and returns the next, unscathed. She will learn that when she is angry she doesn't turn to a gun first. If she demonstrates that she is not ready or responsible, her exposure to guns may be delayed or minimized.

Answer 2

Yeah, kids should be able to use guns. I think the first time I shot a gun, I was probably 8, but I had been hunting with my dad since I was 2. I wasn't unsupervised, though. My parents wouldn't let me have a gun until I was 17, though, because my mom didn't think I needed one. The funny thing about that is that my dad has already bought three guns, for my nephews, and one just turned 5, and the other is 3.

Answer 3

A child should only use a firearm under a responsible adults supervision not to mention that is also the law. There are many organizations that teach gun safety courses and 2 of the best are the NRA's and your states game and fish administration. As the law states all firearms should be unloaded and locked and out of the way from children and the ammo should be locked away seperate from firearms and did I mention that it is also common sence. On a parting note, firearms do not harm or kill, it is the person using it that does.

Answer 4

i used guns from a very early age. but i wasnt a "kid playing with a gun" i understood from the time i was 7 or 8 that guns were used to hurt and kill.
i think most young children dont make the connection between a gun and what death really is. they get told but dont really understand death, so they arent afraid of what a gun can really do. how many kids do you know that have been told not to play in the street and still do?
once a child understand the dangers of a firearm then is taught how to properly use it, i dont have a problem with one using it responisbly. i was hunting on my own at ten. and looking back now i was safer at ten then plenty of 40 year olds i see with guns now. it all has to do with the maturaty of the person or child involved. its not going to be a simple as saying no kid under 12 can handle a gun. or 15, or 18. people mature at different rates.

Answer 5

I agree one hundred percent with Bound's Hubby. I do have to add that those of you who keep a firearm in the house for protection, but keep it locked up, unloaded, and with ammo in a different part of the house, just gave the bad guys another weapon if they ever hit your house. Do you really think that while frightened because of the dangerous situation you will be able to quietly unlock a trigger safety or gun case, move to another location and unlock ammunition, and load before you are discovered and removed from your weapon?
The safest way to keep a firearm and children in the same house is by far education. The first lesson my dad taught me that I can recall was "when I say do something, you do it. Don't ask why, don't argue, just do it. if you have questions, ask them after the fact." Discipline and obedience are key in raising a child. If those two attributes aren't there then not only should you not have firearms around you kids, likely you aren't mature enough to be around them yourselves

Answer 6

I believe that is depend ant upon the parents and the child. The child should be taught and understand about firearms. The parents should know something about weapons before the child gets one. Too many parents don't know anything to speak of about firearms. Then they wonder why their children get hurt in "accidents".
As far as hunting goes, from the numbers point of view, hunting is safer than crossing the street. More children are injured in car accidents than in hunting accidents. Most won't stop driving. Why should the safe hunters stop hunting? In the end it boils down to responsibility. Irresponsible driving yields accidents to yourself or others. Irresponsible firearms handling yields scares, injury, or death to yourself or others.
I used a rifle which I knew to have a defect. Following other safety rules, I was not injured when it misfired. No one else was injured. That rifle has been removed from service. The defect should not have caused the misfire. I still don't know with certainty what caused it. But I am still safe as are those around me.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

i was introduced to guns around 9 years old it was a lever action 22 and i absolutely loved it
2 years later my dad got a AR-15 and we shot that a ruger 10/22 and my grandfathers service glock and i enjoyed it immensely and it was worth having to listen to my father over why you should not point it at anyone loaded or not

2 years after that i trained with a NRA certified friend on multiple pistols from a full sized 1911 in .45 to a 4.5 XDM in 9mm
and my other grandfather gave me a h & r 20ga single shot shotgun

i am a NRA certified marks man with both pistol & shotgun gun & plan to start competion shooting

it all comes down to how you are trained with guns i would never pull my guns out around friends they stay on the wall or in a case going to the range

Answer 9

My husband and I both grew up around guns as our daughter will. All of my husband's rifles are locked up in a gun safe and our 2 pistols in the house have trigger locks on them. My daughter is safe in our home from our guns and if everyone who owns a gun would use the same safety rules children would be alot safer. My daughter will be raised a hunter and we like to go to the range as a family to target shoot. So yes children who are going to be around fire arms needs to be taught on how to use them so they will know the SAFE way to handle them.

Answer 10

Young children should not be hunting they are too immature to understand the consequences of their actions. An acident with a gun is so devasting that such risks should not be taken. All guns should always be kept under lock & key, & ammunation under lock & key in a different place. Should a child get a hold of the gun somehow with out the ammunation all you will have is a child who deserves to be punished, but not a dead one. Guns are in many homes often in a friend's children do need to know the danger & that they are to leave this home at once. That they are in danger, & they are to tell mom or dad at once. For the other child is in danger too.