"I Want To Be The Gun Helper When I Grow Up."

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My 3 1/2 year old daughter's day care had the kids alternate helping with diffrent things every week - plate helper, calender helper, clean up helper, etc. Mind you she has been out of day care for about 6 months now.

I had been teaching her some gun safety rules - see a gun, don't touch, get a grown up, tell other kid/s not to touch, if they do, you run to a grown up, etc. She saw me looking at some pic threads here on THR on her way to bed tonight and started reciting all the rules. She made me proud and got them all even though we had not talked about them for over a month. Then she ran after my wife yelling "Mommy, mommy guns are not toys, guns are not toys." over and over in an attempt to get some confirmation and approval.

Then she ran back to me and said in the whinest voice that only a 3 year old can produce: "Daddy, I want to be the gun helper when I grow up." I would not respond as I was laughing so hard and and she kept repeating it and repeating it making me laugh harder and harder and still not getting a reponse.
Anyway, she went off to bed happy knowing she would be my "gun helper" one day :)
 
I don't know any female gunsmiths, that would be cool if it turned out not one be one of those "i want to be an astronaught" things.
 
Awsome, congrats to your and your daughter!

Now get her a really complicated rifle with lotsa parts...like a enfield or something, so a pic of that dissasembled once and it had a billion parts :fire:
 
My son and daughter ''gun-helpers'' turned out just fine - keep this going.

It is always best started young - the fear is not there and the safety angle is well embedded by time they start shooting.

Love it! :)
 
My son got me in trouble the other day.

Aim had a special on K31s that I couldn't pass up so I bought one.

The day it was delivered happened to be a day my wife called in sick for work. :eek:

I was at home with my son (he's 2) when UPS showed up. My son saw the box and said really loud "daddy is that a new rifle?" :eek:

I told him "lets go down in the basement" and he followed me down.

I took it out of the box and he was chanting "a rifle, a rifle"

"daddy can I do the new rifle?"
"daddy, I want to hold the rifle"

The rifle was full of grease so I couldn't let him hold it, I put it on my workbench which really got him disturbed.

He started whining really loudly "I want rifle, daddyyyyy I want to hold the rifle right now. let me do the riiiiiiiiifle!"

Of course my wife being a light sleeper heard most of it and I was totally busted. :banghead:
 
Congratulations on a job "well done"! It seems you have a smart little girl who has been properly trained. You are obviously a good Dad.
I did the same with my daughter who is now 30 years old. She has her CHL and is a probation officer. She and my son-in-law are now training my 2&1/2 year old grandson gun safety. They are looking forward to the day when he learns to shoot. Safety will always be paramount!
Enjoy your little girl now because they grow up to quick!

Jim

P.S. What is the best thing about your kids? Your GRANDkids!!!
 
both my kids were "gun helpers" and eventually shooters. The best part of it wasn't the shooting. It was being with them and talking. I found out things my wife never heard. I knew my kids better than any of my friends knew their kiddies. Maybe it was because we were doing something that involved trust and responsibility. Maybe just because we were have fun on an almost equal level.
All I know is I miss being next to them and talking while we loaded up mags.
Now I'm waiting for the grandkids

AFS
 
AirForceShooter, Agreed.

My father and I were very different people. Without guns, I don't thiink we would have ever gotten to know each other.

Owen
 
Yes, I too have used guns to keep the lines of communication open with my sons. The trick used to be finding interesting stuff that they would participate in instead of saying, "NAHHH, I just want to stay home and watch TV." Once I bought the oldest his 870 Youth model all I had to say is , "Want to to go shootin'?" and it was, "YEAAA!!!" every time!

I wouldn't call them gun "helpers" though, more like ammo burners.

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Is this that indoctrination into the evil gun culture that we've heard about? Frightening. She might grow up learning a useful skill that could save her life someday. The horror!
 
Sounds as if you have been teaching your daughter very well. Congratulations!
I hope my daughter will grow up to want to be a "gun helper"! That one will have to wait though she is only 6 months old. :p However she does look at the guns when they are out of the safe!
 
Thanks for the comments and sentiment!

I would not have known what to do if wasn't for all the "My kid is ...years old... How do I teach her/him about gun safety?" threads. I learned from those and was also alerted that I should start introducing her to the basics for her age. Next, comes my son - he turns 2 this week :D
 
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