Mainsail
Member
I'm just starting my kids shooting now, and I have to remember that every gun I show tham, I have just given them a promethian sense of power and understanding. They do not yet know that to use my M-1 carbine, you have to insert a magazine firmly and charge the handle. They do not yet know that to shoot my 870, you have to rack the slide to chamber a round. They do not yet know that the slide on my 870 will not move to chamber a round if you don't depress the lever on the trigger guard. FOR NOW, I can rely on these things to keep them safe.
Trust me, if they are older than four, they WILL figure it out.