Many years ago my 1st handgun was a Ruger 9 shot revolver. It worked OK but was not really all that good for target shooting at 75 Feet. Caught my son when he was around 8 playing with it outside one day with his friends. The usual Cowboys and Indians game. At that time he had to climb shelves up about 9 feet high to get it down out of its Carry Bag. No ammo was stored anywhere's near it He's near 50 now and does not shoot at all. I now have a 19 year old grandson who does shoot and is very good at it as well. All is not lost after all.