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Thread: is 3 yrs old too young to help dad clean ar?

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    I was too young to really be much of any help at he time, but I was in my grandfathers shop constantly watching him gunsmith by the age of four. He would usually hand me an old broken stock and a sheet of sandpaper and let me go at it. Cleaning guns after shooting was something my brother and I were always allowed to do as long as we did it right. Guns get double checked for safety and the right tools were used. Anything worth doing is worth doing right. It's a good lesson for a child to associate with firearms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koshinn View Post
    This thread is funny.

    "I ate lead all the time as a kid and I turned out fine, so the scare about lead poisoning must be BS."

    "I have a Bushmaster that is accurate and reliable, so the negative reviews regarding Bushmaster must be BS."
    There is a huge difference between the exposure to lead & chemicals from shooting, especially when exercising reasonable care and "I et led alla tyme and I r fyn". Letting your children help clean the firearms does not equal bathing them in Hoppe's and eating home-made lead lollipops
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    Mine get to help all the time but they are a little older. Still no reason not to let them try. Just keep em clean.

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    Gun safety starts from day one of gun interest.

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    thanks for all the replies gents. lots of tough decisions, this parenting business. now that he's done it once maybe he won't be so eager to do it again. after readin this thread i'm definitely not gonna make it one of his chores. he showed interest in what i was doing and wanted to help. i feel like i satisfied his curiosity. i don't think he'll want to do it much now that the mystery is gone. my sisters' mother used to say "no" then "because i said so". that infuriated me sometimes and just made me want to do it more. i try to explain stuff the best i can whenever he asks something. one day i was doing my dry fire drills and he came up and pointed to every piece of the rifle, "whats that". i told. now when the bbq is warmn up we hold our point of aim on rabbits and birds and such. he uses my old daisy pop gun.
    good times
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    I've been trying to get my daughter (2years old) to help me process polished brass, hasn't worked yet. They're either too shiny or then end up in her mouth! But most of the time she will hang out with me in the garage, and watch what ever I'm doing.

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