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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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I had my first BB gun when I was like 6 years old. I still remember old videos of dad taking me out to the desert to "hunt rabbits" and me with the stock tucked under my arm missing by a mile, I'm talking shooting 45 degrees the wrong direction of a brave big rabbit sitting no farther than 25 feet from me as my dad laughed his ass off from behind the camera at how widely I was missing
But he GRILLED gun safety into me. I remember once when I passed the barrel of the BB gun over him he yelled "BOOM!" and then "you just killed your father", and then a lesson about never passing the barrel over a living target you don't intent to shoot. I remember he did it to my friend too when he was over, and later my friend was like "man your dad scared me. He sounded serious about me accidentally 'killing him' back there"
I think I was handling real firearms around the age of 10ish, but they wouldn't give me anything with recoil I couldn't handle, so it was usually like just .22's
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Haha, yeah I mean it's a cliche talking point for the right now, but I think it's true. It's so important to have a good, influential father figure to teach things like that. I remember as a kid I wanted to be just like my dad. Of course I loved my mom too, but fathers have a unique ability to imprint upon sons, and I'm really grateful that I have that knowledge now. My dad knew that when guns were introduced into the world everything changed, and you have to teach your kids about them just like you need to teach them about taxes and talking to girls. Especially in america, given the gun policy.