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I am not a parent but I started my niece and nephew shooting when they were five. They were taught the safety lessons until they were ingrained into them. My family has a cabin.
We have bear, wolves, cougar, bobcat, raccoons, coyotes and human preditors..... even the children have to be prepared to defend their family.
When my niece was nine I had to leave her and her friend armed in the cabin while I dealt with some idiots in the cabin tract. Calling law enforcement was not an option as it would have been a minimum six hour wait.
My niece received her first handgun at age ten. My nephew had his own at age five and at ten he received an antique Winchester Model 90.
In my nephews teen years he disarmed numerous idiots at drinking parties.
If you show your children that the gun is a tool just like a screwdriver or hammer and that all tools should be used with proper instruction and care you will be much better off.
You do not leave a two year old with a blender or toaster either...........
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