Kids and firearms

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With things going as they are in this great Nation, I think that we all need to impress upon our children the skills necessary to safely and effectively handle firearms. With that in mind, here's how I'm working with my 13 yr old daughter.
I started her with my Ruger Mk-I .22 at 20'- single rounds until she could hit a 6" target every time. That accomplished, I had her do double taps, same target and distance. Once she was 100% at that, we moved to 30'- same protocol. Once she did that 100%, we set-up 2 targets, one 2' higher and practiced double tap lower target, single tap upper target. After 3 range sessions, she had that down pat.
I then had her work with my Czech 82 following the same routine. More difficult and she's not 100%, but getting there.
Last month I bought a CZ 75B in 9mm- now she's working with that-and doing very well (better than with the Czech-82).
After every range session, I have her field-strip and clean the pistols and we go over saftey proceedures. (Note: I don't have her strip the Ruger Mark-I as it's a PIA to get back together)
Last weekend, we tried hitting golf balls at 30' with the Mark-I. I told her that it's hitting low-left, about an inch each direction. The little bum hit 2 balls in three rounds right off the top. Then I set a .223 casing on a berm at 20'- she hit that too.
The point is, we need to educate our kids and teach them that guns are not evil, that they are tools. Our society, TV and schools are telling them just the opposite.
I'll get off the soapbox now, but please include your kids as much as possible when going to the range or out plinking.
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My 12 y.o. grandson LOVES to go shooting! We just went last Sunday. He's good with rifles, but not so much with handguns. He's really taking a shine to my M1, and he's pretty good with it at 100 yards too! I've bought him his own Ruger 10/22 jam-o-matic, and a High Point 9mm carbine. He's a killer with those two.

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I introduced my son to my collection before he started school -- age 3-4; I took him shooting for the first time at age 5. He mastered the gun he liked & picked out by age 11. Since then tho, he discovered music and girls and I haven't been able to take him to the range since:banghead:
 
I have been teaching my boys how to shoot since the age of 6. We started with bb guns and moved into .22's and 28 ga shotguns. I do not try and push them to shoot. If they ask to i try and be accomidating to when they want to. My oldest the 9 year old has taken one doe and 2 turkeys so far and really enjoys it. My 8 year old told me he doesn't want to shoot at animals yet. That is fine to he likes to go out with us but wishes not to take a shot on game. My two daughters have been introduced to my firearms and we discuss safety but they are to young yet to get to fire one. My kids do not get exposed to handguns at this point they are locked up seperatly and will be brought out later when they gain a little more experience with long guns.
 
rockheadd,
Not only are you teaching your daughter how to be safe with forearms and how to protect herself, you are spending quality time with her. The time you spend with your daughter will pay off in Spades in the future. Hey, it's all about family IMO and you are doing a great job!! Way to go Sir...

(also, that's one more vote that won't be on the side of the anti-gun crowd when she turns 18)
 
Commendable job with your kids! I think basic firearm safety should be taught to everyone (all ages, too), simply because, with more and more guns in ownership, it gets more and more likely that any particular person may encounter one. You don't want them going, "Oh, a gun!" and just picking it up and pulling the trigger.
 
On Christmas morning my 4 year old daughter asked if she could come shooting with me in grandpa's backyard. So I grabbed a Henry .22 and off we went to the back fence.
My wife snapped this picture while I was getting my daughter set up to shoot.
A friend of mine gave me some flack about putting the barrel through the chainlink fence, but I'd rather scratch the fore stock than to have my daughter walk in front of the barrel at the wrong time.
It was good to see her taking an interest in shooting.
 

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Kids are easy... its teaching my mom that is killing me. My 5 year old nephew picked it up in no time flat, but my 55 year old mom is programed to fear the gun. Every time she pulls the trigger, she puckers up like Bugs Bunny with a mouth full of alum.

I guess my dad should not have started her out on a 4" 357 maggie revolver. Now she can't even loosen up with a little .22.

Teaching the next generation is the only last hope for the survival of the 2A.
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Teaching the next generation is the only last hope for the survival of the 2A.
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But it's not enough to just teach kids about guns and shooting! We MUST teach them about the 2nd Amendment, the history of firearms in America and mankind, and all about those who live to take that all away from us! They MUST know that guns, shooting and hunting are not evil, yet there are thousands of people that want nothing more than to deprive honest people of the right to do these things and own firearms! I teach my grandson everything I can think of, I need to think of more to tell him.

I'm not a hunter, but I strive to teach him there's nothing wrong with hunting, it's just not my thing. But hunting must be done properly, within the law, and respect for the animal is mandatory. I wish I was able to take him hunting, maybe someday I can.
 
And also to teach them that someday they may want to use guns for different reasons. Hunting, Sport, Self Defense (What does that mean paw?) Competition and Military Service and why we teach them.

My Father took me into alot of events related to History that were filled with demonstrations, battles, live fire shoots and a variety of others which in a roundabout way held my attention long enough to absorb the History of our Nation from 1700's onwards through to the early 1900's

Today's Society has somewhat... degraded since the 80's and I would wonder where we will be 20 years from now if we stopped teaching Children properly.
 
Good for you! There are two boys that shoot ipsc at a local club here, and I wish my dad would have introduced us to any competitive shooting when we were young...
 
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