I first shot at five (.410 pump acton) with my father practically holding the gun for me. I started shooting more and more at 7 (.22s). If your kids are going to be around fire arms then you should teach them from a young age how to handle them safely.
It’s ultimately up to the parents, and I’m confused as to why in the hell other people think it’s any of their business.
You do not a have child yet so you have not experienced it.
For some reason everyone thinks its their obligation to tell you their opinions as to how you should raise your child.
Its SJW bullshit and there’s lobbyists pushing for more state control when it comes to parenting. If they had their way teaching children to shoot firearms would be considered abuse because your priming them to kill because you know that’s the only thing a gun is good for.
Well I don’t want to just teach them to shoot. I want them to have a rifle/pistol that is their’s and to learn the responsibility that goes with it.
Only if I can see that they are responsible with air > flobert > .22 can we move to serious caliber. 15 is legal age from which they can own a gun in their own name here, so the .22 at 12 will remain technically mine until that age, but otherwise I want them to both behave responsibly as well as see that there will be a reward for doing so… couple of years later.
Interesting i assumed it would be older in your country. You can’t legally own a gun here till you’re 18, and then you can only own rifles and shotguns, pistols aren’t allowed till 21 which i think is stupid.
Is the process of signing over guns a pain in the ass over there?
Based on the comments on the video, most Europeans seem to think owning a gun gives you homicidal tendencies, and these parents are literally letting their children run around with these guns.
You said earlier that tons of Europeans visit the U.S, yet you all seem to think we have three old running around playing with guns. Completely laughable that we get slapped with the ignorant label.
It’s also funny how the media tries to compare an idiotic range instructor giving an 8 year old girl a fully automatic weapon, to a parent letting their kid shoot a .22.
i have no problem with a child learning under proper supervision to fire a .22 weapon . to learn the basics plenty do in the UK . (have to be 16 with parental permission to actually own a firearm here of any calibre ) .
but a 7 year old firing a .40 cal glock or an AK47 i would not agree with . nothing wrong with a quick go on one if they are a competent individual but not as regular weapon for such a young age .
i first learnt properly to shoot with cadets at 12 . i had fired guns before but only a quick go nothing serious . started on air rifles just to learn the basics of dont point it at anyone and how to hold a rifle correctly . after a few months in cadets i was firing the lee enfiled and L98A1 . (cadet version of the SA80)
after these i went on to learn long range shooting with the L81A1
id say thats about the right age . for a proper weapon i was old enough to fully understand the seriousness of a weapon mentally and physically big enough to control and handle the weapon .
a vast amount of kids now go to these cadet centres and many are run inside schools . so alot of kids in the UK have experience with guns at 12 onwards . so its not completely alien to us . again its more the perception of americans being gun slinging cowboys screaming freedom . however untrue that may be in reality its the perception alot of people have of pro-gun americans
Well you first need to get a gun license. If you are 15 the license is only for members of sport shooting clubs (it is the same way in Germany for ADULTS)/16 hunters. No concealed carry until 21, however also no limits on the kind of gun you can own (full auto is may issue and practically impossible for under 18).
I was reading then i started laughing my ass when i saw this.
“It is forbidden to carry any weapon during a public demonstration. Police often conducts searches for weapons especially in case of parallel demonstrations of ideological adversaries, such as left-wing and right-wing extremists. The picture depicts police cordon defending Queer Parade 2008 in Brno against intrusions by right-wing extremists: only those who undergo search for guns are allowed further. See also: LGBT rights in the Czech Republic.”