Born in 1955
Age 3 - .22 revolver, Model 10
Age 4 - .22 rifle
Age 5 - 28 ga shotgun
Age 6 - 1911
I have some serious life experiences beginning as a kid, that involves firearms.
Stopping immediate threat of injury, or death to me, or others.
My experiences are not like those of others perhaps- still, mine are real to me, and I own them; and some for a real long time.
On a more happy note, I've done the "right thing", and this was How raised-What you do.
Older I get, the more I understand why my Mentors & Elders grinned as they did, and sometimes winced.
Kids you gave guns to are now teaching their kids, or even grandkids how to shoot with those guns!
I didn't grow up - just got bigger is all...