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"Gerry Lintonice" <miami_cure@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:1125706689.972310.23320@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: 

> I'm a gun-fanatic and have a collection of over 100 guns
> from all over the world.
> 
> I like shooting and hunting animals with my various guns
> and rifles and I want to teach my kids to use guns as soon
> as possible.

 troll 
> 
> Do you think that 3 and 4 year old kids are old enough to
> learn shooting and hunting or should I wait another year?

i learned to shoot at three, shooting at bottles in a creek.
 my son is 5 & not really ready to learn to shoot as he's not 
good at paying attention to his surroundings. we have done 
some target shooting with him, but he needs real close 
supervision. 
 no 3 or 4 year old has the patience to "go hunting" unless 
you don't expect to *see* any game, never mind shoot any. kids 
that age are noisy, wiggley & get bored easy. unless you want 
them to *hate* hunting, leave them home until closer to 10 or 
12. if you want to do outdoors stuff with 3 or 4 year olds, go 
fishing.
lee



-- 
war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
1984-George Orwell

To be honest with you teaching a 3 or 4 year old to shoot  a gun would
be a mistake.  Read the articles at this website link and I think you
would change your mind:
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050829/NEWS01/508290407/1075

Here is portion of the news articles  that I copied and pasted from
that website:

The 2-year-old Fort Myers Shores boy who was shot at his home Sunday
remained is in critical condition in a St. Petersburg hospital on
Monday, according to Lee County sheriff's officials.

The boy's name is Philip A. Blasone, said sheriff's spokesman
Angelo Vaughn, and his parents are Phillip James Blasone, 38, and
Kristen Kohl, 26.

Similar incidents include:

" In October 2003, a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot his 6-year-old
cousin in a Lehigh Acres home with a Hendry County sheriff's deputy's
gun. The gun was in the deputy's top dresser drawer. The girl suffered
a gunshot wound to the neck, but survived."

B.J. at http://tinyurl.com/e42cq

In article <1125706689.972310.23320@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Gerry
Lintonice says...
>
>I'm a gun-fanatic and have a collection of over 100 guns from all over
>the world.
>
>I like shooting and hunting animals with my various guns and rifles and
>I want to teach my kids to use guns as soon as possible.
>
>Do you think that 3 and 4 year old kids are old enough to learn
>shooting and hunting or should I wait another year?
>

In my state, kids can't hunt until they're twelve.  What's your hurry?

Banty

"Business Services" <shuna252000@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1125712889.324240.125470@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com: 

> To be honest with you teaching a 3 or 4 year old to shoot 
> a gun would be a mistake.  Read the articles at this
> website link and I think you would change your mind:
> http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2005082
> 9/NEWS01/508290407/1075 

 actually a child that is taught how to properly shoot *and* 
to respect guns, is far less likely to shoot a 
playmate/sibling. a child that knows about guns knows they are 
not toys, they are tools with a specific purpose, and you 
don't play with them.
 my 5 year old is a bit scatterbrained sometimes, but he would 
not ever play with a gun. he knows better. yes, we have guns. 
yes, he knows how to shoot, clean a gun (his favorite part), 
break it down & put it securely away (we store guns in one 
place, ammo in another & the bolts in a third, none of which 
the kid has access to.
 i realize there is a rabid anti-gun segment of the 
population, but i don't live in a city. i don't live in 
suburbia. i'm a farmer. guns are a tool, like a tractor or a 
horse team. they are a necessity to protect my livestock from 
predators & add food to my table.
lee
-- 
war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
1984-George Orwell