My son, his friend, and daddy's guns.

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Wanted to share this:
My son had a friend over today. The friend wanted to go into the garage to get some toy or another, but my son said "No, my dad's guns are out there." (He's only six--and they're actually only AK kit guns, not assembled/no receivers). The other little boy said "Cool! let's go look!" My son said no way, and informed his mom--and even did that in a non-tattle type of way. Of course my wife told him how proud she was and he asked if dad would be too?

I dunno, think I'm proud?

So, I'm thinking he gets a new gun since he continues to display such responsibilty. He has a ruger 10/22, I'm thinking he needs a shotgun now. :D

If you're a parent, please don't ignore your kids and their curiousity. My boys can look at the guns ANY time they want--IF a grown up is there. I always let them look and reinforce the safety rules. I'm happy to say it seems to be working, but I have no plans to relent on the training.
 
Sounds like you've done well.

What are all the kits for? Been thinking about getting some of those myself, but that's just because I do film/theatre work, and would actually use them as dummy guns.
 
good behaviour=reward

bad behaviour=punishment

works every time, good job mum and dad ;)
 
Looks like your boy took Eddie Eagle's advice ... "If you see a gun ... Stop! ... Don't touch! ... Leave the Area! ... Tell an adult!" Thanks for sharing this. :)
 
see how easy it is to teach your kids right? !

all you have to do is be good to them.

frustrating there arent a lot more people like you and your son out there
 
Good on ya, and the young'un! I found early that if I included my kids in my shooting interests, showed them the guns when they wanted to see them, let them help clean them, etc., the "novelty" of the guns wore off fairly quickly--that novelty that your son's friend still felt. You've done well with your son. Good job.
 
Good to hear!

Sidenote- Do you lock those puppies up?

As your son gets older, some of his friends, acquaintances, and "friend's friends" may feel interested enough to revisit the garage when he's not there to deter them in a similar scenario.

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its the simple difference between children that are informed about guns the proper way, and taught about gun safety, and to respect them, and the kids that are natural curiousity, but their liberal soccer mom parents want nothing to do with guns, which ironically, makes them LESS safe.
 
I have keep a handgun in my room that is "available" for action--it is out of reach, but I'm not comfortable with that safety precaution. I tried the gunlock on one rifle, but in another thread I've recounted the loss of the key!

I began keeping the ammo stored in a locked box a while back, but must have a firearm reasonably available. I this particular case, I only had gun parts (AK barrels/grips/trunions/etc--I've been playing amateur gunsmith) so no actual danger anyway--this time.

Ever since the kids were itty bitty we've drilled 'em about the safety. We even place cleared firearms on the back of the sink to watch their reaction when the little ones "find" them--if its anything other than alerting us, we calmly re-drill them with the rules. I get a laugh out of my three year old saying "guns is always loaded, right dad?"

BTW, I hope you'll find it encouraging that the wife is a SUV driving soccer mom that realizes firearms are a safe tool when proper education is involved. She understands the constitution restricts the government from infringing on that right--and she realizes that no one is going to take our safety as seriously as we do ourselves. All the soccer moms in my neck of the woods understand that and they're pissed those "other" soccer moms are misrepresenting the way they truly feel!

Oh, the little guy has expressed interest in a 12 gauge--God bless him. :D
 
MudPuppy ~

Most excellent. :cool:

I hear people say there's no point in starting firearms education too young, because you can't trust a little guy to do the right thing anyway. My thought on that is, if you haven't taught 'em what the right thing is, you're about guaranteed that they'll do the wrong one.

Good on ya for teaching him right, and good on him for doing it!

pax

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child. -- Randall Jarrell
 
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