What age do you train your kids and allow them access to lethal home defense weaponry?

[RblDiver]

I've been wondering this myself, good feedback here. My girlfriend has a 4 year old daughter. I'm a bit worried the GF is slightly anti-gun from some older Facebook posts, but it hasn't come up yet. If they eventually move in with me, I plan on introducing the girl to the guns in a "I will gladly show you them whenever you want, but you must not touch them on your own" sort of way, then when she's a bit older teaching her how to shoot.

[hurley842002]

I've been wondering this myself, good feedback here. My girlfriend has a 4 year old daughter. I'm a bit worried the GF is slightly anti-gun from some older Facebook posts, but it hasn't come up yet. If they eventually move in with me, I plan on introducing the girl to the guns in a "I will gladly show you them whenever you want, but you must not touch them on your own" sort of way, then when she's a bit older teaching her how to shoot.

With all due respect, I can't imagine I would "go steady" with a gal, let alone be talking about having her move in with me, and not know where she stood on important issues.


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[battlemidget]

I tend to think that as soon as they're strong enough to reliably control the action and recoil. I've seen youth 'shooting stands', that's essentially a vertical 2x2 with a series of horizontal holes and a moveable dowel through the appropriate height hole to help youngsters hold up a rifle.