Titan6
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Yokel they understood that at age 7. I have odd children.... very smart. Our dinner conversations run more along the lines of the concept of infinity and red light - blue light phase shifts of gravitational singularities.
KarenTOC said:Get yourself a good gun, one you enjoy. Use it now, enjoy it, shoot it a lot and have fun with it. Later, when the time is right, teach your kid how to shoot your gun. Let your kid shoot it a lot, and learn from it, and have fun with it. Then, one day, give your kid your gun. Now the kid not only has a gun he or she knows how to shoot, but it's one that's wrapped up in memories of time well spent with dad.
Yokel they understood that at age 7. I have odd children.... very smart. Our dinner conversations run more along the lines of the concept of infinity and red light - blue light phase shifts of gravitational singularities.
I have odd children.... very smart. Our dinner conversations run more along the lines of the concept of infinity and red light - blue light phase shifts of gravitational singularities.
3. Ammunition readily available.
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I have odd children.... very smart. Our dinner conversations run more along the lines of the concept of infinity and red light - blue light phase shifts of gravitational singularities.
I agree. You do have odd children.
Cripes, are you guys buying $200 basketball shoes every season, new cars for the kid at 16 and then paying their way through college too?
I guess I just like the idea of guns being passed down and/or given that have some sort of meaning/memories behind them. Getting a laundry list of firearms given to you seems to...cheapen the idea somehow.
Not saying that giving somebody a gun as an "atta boy" for graduating high school or whatever isn't a a great idea, because that has meaning. Getting 4-5 guns for hitting adulthood just seems...spoiled.
I agree, my experience was different than most I guess. My dad and an old uncle taught me to shoot and taught me a love of country, of hunting, and of shooting. Then, when I developed a passion for shooting, my father required me to earn the money to buy me first gun, a Mossberg 500. I'll always treasure that gun because of the work I had to put into it from delivering newspapers and detasseling for a whole summer. There's more blood sweat and tears in the ole shotgun then in my finest AR. Though I'm in my late 30's, my dad is still alive and LORD willing, will be for many years to come. When he passes, I'm sure I will inherit several of his guns, they will mean alot to me, and will go right beside the ole Mossberg. Just my .02You know, it's not really the guns that they will value. It's the memories that go with the guns that they will value. A ratty .22 that they remember learning to shoot with as a child. Or the .30-30 they took their first dear with will mean much more than an AR-15 just handed to them.
Also, don't fall into the "stuff trap" (working extra hours to buy things for them rather than working less hours to spend time with them). Just my .02.
What guns should a father give to his children?