Present for my son

[LoneWolf]

Thanks everyone.
When I grew up, my father had a couple of guns, but never shot them.. or hunted for that matter. He did buy me a Remington 1100 in 12 ga when I was 15 and expressed an interest in hunting. I hate to admit it, but as a youngster, with those guns being off limits to me, they were always very tempting and I did sneak them out without him knowing it. Luckily, no one was injured from it. But because of that, I have been a firm believer in raising my children around my guns. They don't have access to them, but they are always invited to shoot whenever I get the chance, and they have handled all of them . I would rather have them raised responsably around them, and it not be a big deal to sneak one out and possibly show it off. (there all locked in a safe, so that can't happen).
Sorry for getting off on a tangent, but just a few of my reasonings on guns and kids. My wife is another story... she doesn't mind the guns too much, but told me last night DO NOT send the pictures to her parents as they woudl go ballistic.
I may just do it for some fun

[foster]

Gee whiz Lone Wolf, your posts could have been posted by myself.
My attitudes towards my kids and guns are exactly the same. Exactly.
I got my boy a .22 Cooey single-shot for Christmas. He'll be 14 in August and when you turn 14 here you can hunt with your dad. He was thrilled. He has shot plenty when out in the bush with me, but of course that's not the same as owning your own gun, especially at age 13.
Nowadays you gotta take all kinds of courses in order to hunt, and other courses in order to own a gun, up here in the land of 'social engineering,' and man oh man the courses are extremely tough, including questions about firearms engineering! The little trooper took his courses just last week and passed with a 92 mark on one test and 98 on the other. I'm not against training for gun owners, but I think mandatory training of the type they enforce up here is ridiculous. It is really, really comprehensive, way beyond reasonable. But he pulled through.
Anyway, I can remember going down to the local department store and picking out a Cooey .22 single-shot out of the discount bin for $25 and taking it home, uncased, on the city bus.
Times have changed. Imagine trying that now!