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Offline Mark 79

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good advice
« on: November 27, 2022, 08:06:06 PM »
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    Offline SimpleMan

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    Re: good advice
    « Reply #1 on: November 27, 2022, 08:40:50 PM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on November 27, 2022, 08:06:06 PM


    In all seriousness, you can never teach a child (or anyone for that matter) too much about firearms safety.  We incorporated this into the PE unit of our homeschooling one year.

    (1) All firearms are regarded as loaded at all times.  (Alec Baldwin could tell you all about this one.)
    (2) Never point your firearm at anything you do not wish to kill.  (See above.)
    (3) Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot.
    (4) Always be sure of your target and what is behind it.

    I had some time to kill at McDonald's today (long drive-thru line), so I proceeded to clean my Ruger SR9C with a Remington Rem Oil cloth that I had in the car.  A plastic straw with the cloth wrapped around it is too fat to go all the way through the barrel, so I discovered.  (I waited till I got home and used an old wooden chopstick.)  Be assured that I was discreet while doing this in the McDonald's line, though in my part of the country, I doubt it was the first time someone has done something like this.  I keep a combination trigger lock on it (and on all my guns) at all times unless I am carrying.
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    Re: good advice
    « Reply #2 on: November 28, 2022, 07:38:16 AM »
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    • Agreed… and we too made range-time part of our homeschooling.
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    Re: good advice
    « Reply #3 on: November 28, 2022, 09:17:14 AM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on November 28, 2022, 07:38:16 AM
    Agreed… and we too made range-time part of our homeschooling.
    My son has every CO2 air handgun imaginable, Walther, 1911, Glock 19 (the resemblance to the real thing is uncanny, same feel, same heft, unless you try to rack the slide, or look at the barrel, you can't tell the difference), you name it.  Time and again I've tried to get him to go to the range with me, even offered to get him a cheap Rossi or Savage 22LR rifle, but he doesn't want to do it.  He knows the safety rules backwards and forwards.  Sadly, we only have a patio lot and shooting anything other than airguns isn't feasible, and we have to be discreet about even that.  We've annihilated many a shaken and unopened soda can (both warm and cold) out there, any man who has once been a young boy knows the sheer fun of that.
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    Re: good advice
    « Reply #4 on: November 29, 2022, 11:15:18 AM »
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    • Quote from: SimpleMan on November 28, 2022, 09:17:14 AM
    My son has every CO2 air handgun imaginable, Walther, 1911, Glock 19 (the resemblance to the real thing is uncanny, same feel, same heft, unless you try to rack the slide, or look at the barrel, you can't tell the difference), you name it.  Time and again I've tried to get him to go to the range with me, even offered to get him a cheap Rossi or Savage 22LR rifle, but he doesn't want to do it.  He knows the safety rules backwards and forwards.  Sadly, we only have a patio lot and shooting anything other than airguns isn't feasible, and we have to be discreet about even that.  We've annihilated many a shaken and unopened soda can (both warm and cold) out there, any man who has once been a young boy knows the sheer fun of that.
    What age is your son?  When I was about seven, my Dad taught me and my male cousins  how to shoot on our vacation/investment property in rural New Hampshire. My sister and female cousins had no interest although everyone knew the safety rules. Now, I’m glad for being a tomboy because I’ve never married and have to any number of traditionally male tasks for myself.  
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    Re: good advice
    « Reply #5 on: November 30, 2022, 01:02:03 AM »
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    • Bravo Dad!
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    Re: good advice
    « Reply #6 on: November 30, 2022, 05:07:57 AM »
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    • Quote from: SimpleMan on November 28, 2022, 09:17:14 AM
    My son has every CO2 air handgun imaginable, Walther, 1911, Glock 19 (the resemblance to the real thing is uncanny, same feel, same heft, unless you try to rack the slide, or look at the barrel, you can't tell the difference), you name it.  Time and again I've tried to get him to go to the range with me, even offered to get him a cheap Rossi or Savage 22LR rifle, but he doesn't want to do it.  He knows the safety rules backwards and forwards.  Sadly, we only have a patio lot and shooting anything other than airguns isn't feasible, and we have to be discreet about even that.  We've annihilated many a shaken and unopened soda can (both warm and cold) out there, any man who has once been a young boy knows the sheer fun of that.
    Our oldest two spent some time in the local 4H Shooting Sports club. You should see if you have such a thing in your area. He might be more interested if it's other young people.

    As an aside, we even have in this area a youth horseback archery club. That one's well out of our league, but what a cool hobby that would be.
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