bladeracer wrote:marksman wrote:I promote that you should teach your children to handle firearms safely if you have them in your home
let them explore them safely and get rid of the fascination they have so you know they will not be trying to have sneaky peeks when you don't know about it
there is no law in Vic that says they cannot be taught firearm safety or handle the firearms under the age of 12
the only law is that they must be 12 to be able to shoot a firearm at a legal shooting range under the supervision of a licenced adult and must have a junior permit to hunt or take part in competition shooting under the supervision of a licenced adult
don't make it a taboo, let firearms and firearm safety be a norm for them
Wouldn't a child be considered "any unauthorised person", thus you cannot allow them access to your firearms and ammunition? Even unlicenced adults are prohibited from handling firearms or ammunition except under supervision at an approved range...
I see what you are saying but I recon its been over thought about
I have spoken to 2 local DFO's and told them how my young son when just out of nappies had a fascination with firearms
I stopped his addiction to having to hold all firearms put in front of him by giving them to him
eventually he lost interest, still loves guns but can walk past them now
the 2 DFO's said "great idea"
what you said about unlicensed adults only being able to handle firearms and ammunition under supervision at an approved range is not true, any adult or child (under supervision) can go into a gun shop and handle firearms they are interested in buying
some gunshop's ask for a licence but it is not law to produce it to handle a firearm, its there policy
anyway its all about making firearms the norm in our society again,
teach them properly young or leave it up to the x-box what do you recon
I think its more important to teach my kids about firearm safety than gender farken fluidity