moi_self26
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Unfortunately that's all too common when parents treat guns as taboo, rather than teach kids from their tot years that it's a tool that is to be respected.
Our nephew is very into video games and loves to talk about the "sick" (man I hate that expression) guns he shoots in them.
So one day, after checking with his mother first, I told him that he could come stay with us for a weekend and we would take him to the range. We spent some time the first day going over the features on the guns.... how to check that they are un-loaded, etc.... and we went over the safety rules almost ad nauseam. We made it very clear that we wanted him to have fun, but that it was also important that he was safe and knew proper handling.... and that if he wasn't exercising safe practices, we would leave the range. He did very well (and was an excellent shot) and has been much less juvenile when discussing them.
Our nephew is very into video games and loves to talk about the "sick" (man I hate that expression) guns he shoots in them.
So one day, after checking with his mother first, I told him that he could come stay with us for a weekend and we would take him to the range. We spent some time the first day going over the features on the guns.... how to check that they are un-loaded, etc.... and we went over the safety rules almost ad nauseam. We made it very clear that we wanted him to have fun, but that it was also important that he was safe and knew proper handling.... and that if he wasn't exercising safe practices, we would leave the range. He did very well (and was an excellent shot) and has been much less juvenile when discussing them.