Imma start this post by just sayin: I am a gun rights advocate. I see nothing at all wrong with teaching kids about guns and even letting them shoot small rifles of their own with proper supervision.
That being said, when the recent incident where a toddler was shot by a sibling playing with his first rifle hit the news I was livid. What dumbass lets their kid play with a real gun while they do housework?? And the excuse that they didn't know it was loaded? Pure stupidity. One of the first rules of gun safety is treat all guns as if they are loaded, all the time!
This would not have happened if the child had only been allowed to handle the gun under supervision, and if it had been locked up at all other times. Little kids don't have the ability to understand lethality. That's why you can't just let a bunch of 5 year olds play next to a busy street without supervision. Granted, some kids are more responsible than others.
Bottom line: If you want to teach your kids to shoot, that's fine. But you can't teach safe firearm handling if you don't understand it yourself. Even though Crickett rifles are meant to be handled by kids, they aren't toys and shouldn't be treated like them. Period.
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