Thread: How young is to young?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Here's a thing about complacency. If you go to a target shoot, listen to the range officer give the officious spiel about safety and how it will be enforced.
And then observe what actually happens. Guns get waved around, they aren't checked, and bolts are closed when they should be open. This isn't the range officer's fault, its simply our complacency.

Maybe it starts when we let our young ones use slug guns unsupervised, and the habits start from there?

Or maybe I'm just a silly old fart, worrying about nothing.

You need to come along when I'm RO Don't give a shit about the age or reputation of the shooter, it's follow the rules or go shoot somewhere else.

Back on topic, as an experience starting shooting at an early age is good. The guidance they'll get from you in regards to handling, safety, etc will go with them for life, so they'll follow just what you do.

As suggested, starting off with an air rifle is good - cheap to shoot, single shot, and buying a kids sized gun is easy.