Busy weekend/LEO contact and BG contact

[Ken_In_Colo]

Like I said earlier, my 3 1/2 yo grandson loves guns. He has a half dozen or so toy guns including a small, 1911 looking, bright blue & orange job that fires soft rubber darts. You cock it by operating the slide (just like a real one).

Anyway, just yesterday he said "Gwampa, when I get bigger I want to learn how to shoot a weel (real, he has trouble with his Rs) gun. How old will I have to be?" I told him 10 and he accepted that.

[spc]

I started my son around 5-6 years old with a Benjamin pump pellet pistol. I would pump and load and he would sight and fire at the target. It was quality time with him at a great age. At age 14 I got him into the free Front Sight full auto shoot with an Uzi carbine. We got fully trained on how to shoot and modulate the trigger for single, double and triple shots while on full auto. 500 rounds later when I asked if he had fun all I saw was from ear to ear.

He shoots everything I have in my quiver and even bought his own Savage model 10 in 308 sniper set-up. He mentioned he wanted an HK handgun for his coming up 21st birthday.

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[Panhead Bill]

All of my kids (ages 9, 8, 12) know that I carry, in fact I usually leave it on after I get home and take off my dress shirt covering my Glock just because ... I don't know, just because. But in any event, we have a code word for my gun and it has been stressed and stressed and stressed to them that it is a family secret that is not to be discussed. My 12 year old shoots with me when he wants to, anytime I go out (I'm fortunate enough to be able to shoot in my backyard) I let him know and offer for him to come with me (he likes to shoot my Beretta .25 pocket pistol) and sometimes he will if he feels like it. But that has been my goal, the fact that I have guns is not a big deal, if they want to touch, they ask and I'll unload and let them touch in my presence. That way there's no curiosity that will make them try to sneak into the guns to see them when I'm not around. My two younger ones have shot my .22 rifle, but even that's a little big for them (the length of the rifle).

I've got some good kids that understand that danger of firearms but are being raised to be used to having them around.

PH Bill