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  • SQLGeek

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    I have a 6 year old daughter who has been showing some interest in helping when I'm cleaning guns in the garage. The range I belong to has an airgun and archery range so I'm starting to evaluate when might be the time to try her started on an airgun. I don't think she's quite mature enough yet.

    I have already been discussing with her and her 3 year old sister the basics of gun safety though. Figure there's no point in waiting on that.
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    davis449

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    No pics, no kids but I will share a recent story involving me and my best friend's son who's 10 yrs. old. We're having a "guys and guns" night after hitting the range and touring our usual gun shops all day and I am sitting with the young one at the kitchen table with my EMP 4. He really liked the pistol and asked if he could check it out. I drop the mag and thoroughly clear the weapon with him watching me and hand it to him. He immediately clears the weapon again before investigating it further. I was in awe. Wonderful father my friend is.
     

    Gummi Bear

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    I’ve never taken the pet kid to a range.

    We just shoot at steel behind the shop. I have targets from 10 to 178 yards and points between. (Gonna try to push back to 200 soon)

    She’s been shooting since she started asking and showing an interest. I think she was about 5 when she started with the Red Ryder (she’s the 4th generation to learn to shoot with that rifle, it’s a real classic). She started shooting a bow shortly after.

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    Now she loves to hunt. Varmints and pigs have every reason to fear her.

    She helps me a little at the reloading bench, usually when it’s her rifle we are loading for.



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    Gummi Bear

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    This is the latest generation (I keep changing & improving it) of my pistol range behind the shop.

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    I had a couple friends out, we spent the whole afternoon yesterday shooting. My daughter and one of my buddies daughter were still shooting at 9:00 last night (I have a floodlight back there)



    I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...

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    hellishhorses

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    I owe Quinn $1. Gave her 10 shots to hit a 3" steel at 100yd with her 22 yesterday in 20mph winds. Took her 7 shots. Dammit if she's not a better shot than I am and she's seven.
     

    BigTexasOne

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    In my opinion, any person u feet the age of 18, should always be admitted to ranges, gun safety classes, and any other firearm training events , free of charge as long as they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. We should bend over backwards to make sure as many kids as possible are trained and educated when they are young so that they do not get to college and become brain washed by ignorance

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    Wildcat Diva

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    Steel Challenge today. I like his face he makes when he is finished.



    (Husband trolled the March For Life Facebook page with this video, saying that his kid is spending his time today exercising his 2A constitutional rights instead of marching against them)
     

    rman

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    FINALLY!

    9year old twins got out to the range. 10/22s are still a bit big and heavy, but we managed.
    Started them on the 10/22s, borrowed a PK380 and G42 from a neighbor and they fell in love (with the PK380), and let them have a few rounds on a LWRC with factory trigger

    I don't feel like uploading vids, so just imagine them holding the aforementioned guns, imagine the bang bang sounds. A little yelling, a little enthusiasm...
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    Coiled

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    I don't feel like uploading vids, so just imagine them holding the aforementioned guns, imagine the bang bang sounds. A little yelling, a little enthusiasm...
    No! Post the vid or you're a little b . . oh yeah, kids.

    We would love to see the vid, it may even encourage other youngsters to try shooting. :)
     

    sucker76

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    Lucky dad and lucky kids. My daughter got into guns at about 8 but lost interest at about 13. I hope she gains interest again. I keep encouraging her to go to the range with me but iPads and high school friends and such are in the way.
     

    rman

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    No! Post the vid or you're a little b . . oh yeah, kids.

    We would love to see the vid, it may even encourage other youngsters to try shooting. :)
    Here's a link to a hodgepodge of clips. 1st shot on the 10/22s, first shot on AR, first shot on 380.

    with the AR, my "white" twin says he's scared about 3 times, fires off a round, and asks "can I do another? " Hooked!

    I didn't watch all the videos, but I'm sure you'll hear me yelling at them. 4 kids and I still don't know how to communicate with them lol. I try.

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    Good job rman.

    I bet they would love a 22 pistol next trip. My kids sure do.
    They loved the 380, I think they like recoil the as I do. The 22 would be ideal. I'll never buy a 380 (borrowed PK380 & G42) after buying 100rnds of WWB. What a rip off!

    The can't rack a 9 safely yet. Even the G42 was a little stiff, they were limpwristing and couldn't even get the first case to eject.
    Lucky dad and lucky kids. My daughter got into guns at about 8 but lost interest at about 13. I hope she gains interest again. I keep encouraging her to go to the range with me but iPads and high school friends and such are in the way.
    Thank you! My "white" twin is constantly saying he wants to go again. He's the same one that thought all he wanted to do in life is go fishing, and now it's almost impossible to get him to come out with us. We shall see...

    My goal is to get them to love firearms. Maybe not become obsessive like me lol.
    But it might help keep them out of trouble, knowing their rights can be lost with foolish mistakes.

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    Wildcat Diva

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    My boys gathered up all kind of guns, magazines and stuff like staplers and targets and we are headed to the range later on today.

    Wish me luck. Will teach the eldest’s gf to shoot. She already had an extended safety lesson, four rules, and intro to Glocks lesson complete with dry fire practice at our home. She doesn’t like loud noises but says she wants to eventually carry so her little self has equalizer power against creepers. She’s very supportive of the eldest soon having ownership of a gun for protection of himself and her He’s nineteen, so we will get that going soon. We will see how tiny goth girl does with shooting.
     
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