Seems like 2-3 people of all ages die every month from ATV's in my line of work in my state.
Well, ya, that makes complete sense. Adult supervision or not.
and kids carrying deer rifles to school in their trunks, I don't know of any middle school or elementary, or preschool children driving themselves to school. lol. High schoolers, it still happens today, they just have to keep them out of sight.
IDK, there's a big difference in the mental capabilities between a 5 year old and an 8-9 year old. I just think 5 year olds are barely aware of their surroundings, ask for help in getting a glass of water, pychologically are not aware of cause and effect (just learning it) I just don't think that they would be ready for a truly dangerous weapon. Seems to me that even 5 years old is too young for those little plastic disk shooting guns when you wife or neighbor takes a disk to the eyeball, let alone a real gun or bbgun. I mean, with adult supervision you could get them to shoot a 22 or bb gun but I hardly think that a 5yo would understand the consequences fully of life, death, injury, permanent trauma to another human, agony and cruelty to wounded game, effects of backstop/target/projectile incompatibilities (a christmas story?).
JMO, unless you can let the child pour his own milk out of the jug, wash dishes, recite your home address, tell the difference between a stranger and friend, and perhaps stay at home alone, get to the bus stop on his own, I would hold off until the child shows a verbalized direct interest in the activity, maybe something less than lethal would be a good starting point. I'm just saying a starting point, not that once the child shows proper behavior and safety behind whatever you use as a starter weapon that the kiddo can't progress. To each your own however. Not my kid and not in my backyard.
Well, ya, that makes complete sense. Adult supervision or not.
and kids carrying deer rifles to school in their trunks, I don't know of any middle school or elementary, or preschool children driving themselves to school. lol. High schoolers, it still happens today, they just have to keep them out of sight.
IDK, there's a big difference in the mental capabilities between a 5 year old and an 8-9 year old. I just think 5 year olds are barely aware of their surroundings, ask for help in getting a glass of water, pychologically are not aware of cause and effect (just learning it) I just don't think that they would be ready for a truly dangerous weapon. Seems to me that even 5 years old is too young for those little plastic disk shooting guns when you wife or neighbor takes a disk to the eyeball, let alone a real gun or bbgun. I mean, with adult supervision you could get them to shoot a 22 or bb gun but I hardly think that a 5yo would understand the consequences fully of life, death, injury, permanent trauma to another human, agony and cruelty to wounded game, effects of backstop/target/projectile incompatibilities (a christmas story?).
JMO, unless you can let the child pour his own milk out of the jug, wash dishes, recite your home address, tell the difference between a stranger and friend, and perhaps stay at home alone, get to the bus stop on his own, I would hold off until the child shows a verbalized direct interest in the activity, maybe something less than lethal would be a good starting point. I'm just saying a starting point, not that once the child shows proper behavior and safety behind whatever you use as a starter weapon that the kiddo can't progress. To each your own however. Not my kid and not in my backyard.
. I started the oldest and the middle one at the same time, about 8 and 6. The youngest was more hyper than the other 2 and he didn't start getting to learn until he was about 10 or 11. They did not get to use a gun alone however until quite a bit later(13 or 14). I learned to shoot when I when I was six or so and rabbit hunting alone by the time I was 7 or 8, with an adult Winchester .22. Anymore if a kid brings a .22 bullet to school in his pocket it is grounds to be expelled. When I was in grade school in the 60's there where always .22 shells mixed in the change in my pocket(my knife was in my other pocket
