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2015 Kids and Guns

Table of Contents 3 Gun Talk with Kids

4 Facts You May Not Know about Kids and Guns 6 The Softer Side of Shooting 8 How to Talk with Kids About Guns 10 How to Gun Proof Your Kids’ Curiosity 12 Toy Guns vs Real Guns 14 Kids at the Range 16 75 Years of Kids Guns and Gear 18 NSSF Rimfire Challenge Matches 20 Tips to Teach Kids to Shoot Safely and Accurately 22 Guns of My Youth

26 Safe Storage of Guns 28 The Heritage of Firearms and Family featuring Kim Rhode

30 Junior Shooter/3-Gun Training 32 Airgun Hobbyist 34 Scholarship Opportunities 36 Idaho Gun Girls Group Started by a Mom Who Banned Guns from Her Home featuring Corie Dursteler

38 Hunting with Kids

featuring Joella Bates

40 Home Defense for the Entire Family 42 Carrying for Personal Protection Around Kids

featuring Jeff Hoffman

44 Cleaning and Caring for Guns

24 Mom with Style

46 Handgun Safety and Kids

featuring Susan Kushlin

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Copyright 2015 ­­­© by SFWA . . . SHOOTING for WOMEN special editions are published by Creativity3D, Inc. Please send change of address or request for copies to: P.O. Box 1062, Knoxville, TN 37901 Reproduction in any form without written consent from the publisher is prohibited. Creativity3D, Inc. is not responsible for advertising content or correctness. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This issue is not intended as a complete course in gun safety for kids or adults and is not a substitute for formal, hands-on qualified instruction in the handling, use, or storage of firearms. The guidelines herein should be considered options to minimize the chance of an accident occurring with a firearm.

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Gun Talk with Kids hat to do to take kids from the “Do Not Touch” stage toward becoming responsible firearms owners is a process that is best guided by parents.

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This special edition of Shooting for Women is dedicated to helping parents and others who want to be a positive influence on children with regard to firearms safety and the road to a lifetime of enjoyment of all the benefits that responsible firearms ownership has to offer! From how to talk about guns and safety with children of all ages, to selecting guns and gear, and helping them develop their shooting skills . . . a parent’s influence is essential.

. . . a parent’s influence is essential

“Our children today are being exposed to more violence, Practicing firearms safety (and the respect of others and tragedies involving guns, and their safety) is a core element associated with responsible information that parents would firearm ownership. Children learn respect (or the lack thereof) prefer they be shielded against. from their environment, as well as how to develop safe gun NOW is the time to open up handling habits and techniques. They naturally watch and the lines of communication and mimic what they see and it is the parent’s responsibility to education about firearm safety. exhibit safe gun handling at all times. From the time they are born, children observe and learn from Gun-proofing kids’ curiosity is extremely difficult—which is why guns should be locked safely where kids cannot access their environment . . . gun safety and education begins at home.” them unless they are accompanied by an adult. TALK with —SFWA Founder your kids about guns, educate them appropriately as they mature; and do not leave the mass media or the unsatisfied curiosity of a child to the task. Shooting for Women is dedicated to helping families stay safe and enjoy the benefits of being responsible firearms owners. We believe that “families who shoot together, should stay safe together.”—Shooting for Women Alliance

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Handgun Safety and Kids:

Influencing children at an early age about firearms safety is very important—introducing them to a life with the shooting sports . . . priceless! “Never leave a gun unattended, loaded or unloaded . . . especially where kids are present . . . even if they can recite the safety rules, have had a safety course, shot a gun, or are typically trustworthy kids. It is not about trust or education, it is about curiosity and peer pressure!”—SFWA

ids are the future of the shooting sports and the firearms industry—not to mention the future protectors of our second amendment rights.

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Education of our young people is essential and the basis for safe and responsible firearms ownership.

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