My nephew just turned 5 this December. I mentioned buying him a bb gun, which I would keep at my house, to teach him how to shoot safely.
His mother is a nobama supporter, exactly why she supports him she has yet to be able to articulate. She is anti-gun as well. We don't get along very well. lol
My brother is a lost cause as he chooses to follow whatever the wife says, I guess to make his life easier.
I was met with some fierce resistance to the idea by a lot of my family. Which is why I am shopping for a bbgun that would fit him now. The kid turns everything into a gun now, loves the full auto nerf gun I have, he is very smart and more than capable of understanding how a gun works and how careful he must be with one.

What age do you think is appropriate to start a child out shooting? 5 is reasonable to me, as long as he is taught how to safely handle firearms.