My son is a very curious 3 about all things in life. I was about 6 when I had my first bb gun. Thing is that my family wasn't exactly big time gun people. I currently fit into the big time gun people category. I've always been a worry Nancy and safety freak. My brother on the other hand....geezus his gun safety sucks. I try to be polite about it. But the last outing I had to finally be kinda rude about it. Got the point across. Use the damn safety and pay attention. Why I bring that up is that I was dealing with weapons a lot younger than him. Now he has some shitty habits that I have to deal with.
So no matter what I'm going to have to address it earlier than I learned. Since I'm into it and my kids will be around.
On cleaning safety, gloves work. Yeah people will give you shit for wearing them. But chemicals are no joke. It not that one time exposure that gets you. It's the years of it. With kids and cleaning, that's a tough one with no right answers. Try to use good judgement I guess. Don't let them mess with solvents. Just explain that the dirty parts are bad for you especially little ones. My kid seems to be content to not touch if he knows why. But kids are different. Growing up I used to use my teeth to bite down lead sinkers while fishing.......Yeah, looking back that was pretty effing stupid.
On cleaning and gun exposure in general. Let your better judgement guide you. If it seems like a bad idea it probably is.


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