Given your guns to your kids...

[S&W357]

Every year i give a gun to my son and daughter. They are 30 and 32 years old. I said to my wife yesterday, The kids really like the guns i gave them for Christmas. She said to me.... If anything ever happen to them with those guns, wouldn't you feel bad ?
Now she has me thinking. Can i get your input on this....

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

Sounds like this should of been gone over long ago. ?? I would feel bad if I gave mine a car and they had a problem as well, does that mean they are not supposed to drive??? I don't think so-- JMHO -- Perhaps your lovely wife has been watching too much slanted news--??? I best not spout off any more--

 

[jack the toad]

I also have a son and a daughter (and numerous g-kids), which all enjoy firearms, shooting, etc.
As long as you feel they are responsible with gun ownership, I wouldn't give it a second thought. Accidents and bad things can happen to anybody but that's not reason for me to not pass on something like a firearm(s) that my family genuinely appreciates.

 

[thebeamanater107]

If something happens in a clear self defense situation with the guns you gave, would you be relieved?

I think if you inadvertently raised a criminal, they'll get the gun from somewhere. But by age 30 or 32 you should definitely know how your kids turned out.

My dad's biggest disappointment was when my ex wife sold the guns he gave me for Christmas. The divorce papers are framed on the wall next to my sister's master's degree

Keep in mind I'm 24 years old so my perception of the world is a lot different than yours.

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[hangnoose]

GIVING GUNS TO KIDS

it depends on the kids, some yes, some NO, some HELL NO. I'd hate to see a treassured gun you passed down end up in a pawn shop for 150$ to buy beer, cigarettes and scratch off's, or worse.

 

[df06]

I will feel bad anytime any hard comes to my kids. They are 33 and 34.
I have given my son a number of guns. He is safety conscious and uses them responsibly.
I have not and won't give any to my daughter. She is not in to guns but does shoot with me at times and enjoys it.

 

[Marshwheeling]

When my son graduated from high school, I asked myself the same question. Then I went ahead and gave him the motorcycle. He had more training than I had at his age. The same will hold true when I give him my guns.

The mothers will always think it is a bad idea.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

On Their 21st birthday, each of my 3 sons was given a 1911 of some sort, this went with 22 they got pre-teen and the single shot 20 gauge shotgun the got at 14. My daughter never showed much interest in any firearms. However, on her 21st birthday I offered her any handgun I own (her hands were too small for a 1911). She didn't want one. When she started dating her now husband, she ask if she could have one for him? I said he had his own mother and father to give him guns, but the offer still stands that she can have any handgun I own for her own personal use. So far I have 4 grandsons and 1 granddaughter, I've been picking up 22's when I find them. The 3 triplets may only get one together, I have a Anshutz 2000 that is a great intro target rifle, their dad has an Anshutz MPR. So if they are affected like much our family they have good tools to start with! My first Daughter-in-law is from Germany, and NEVER knew anyone that owned a personal firearm of any kind... she started out against guns in general, but has seen the fun the family has together while shooting Cowboy Action and Sporting Clays. This fall she told my son to teach her to shoot his pistol (remember it's a 1911, 45 ACP) he told her "No" because she could not hold it well enough to learn on. He's looking for a 22 or 38 to teach her on. When they vacation with us this summer, we'll see what fits her and start some basic intro. Their Daughter turned 8 on Christmas day and is too small for the youth size single shot I plan on giving to on her 10th birthday. Ivan

 

[pownal55]

I gave my son lots of guns. In other families it may be skis, scuba gear, swimming pool, ice fishing gear, boxing lessons, football, flying lessons, a motorcycle, etc. If they like it they're going to do it.

 

[jimmib]

I am slowly giving my son my guns...my daughter or her husband has no interest and so far none of the grandkids either

 

[S&W357]

My son has his own guns and goes to the range allot. He also shoots shot gun. He knows how to shoot. My daughter shoots at the range through a club and again knows how to shoot. But she didn't own any guns until i gave her one only because her house was broken into --2x in 3 years.
What has me thinking when the wife said--would you feel bad if anything happens, is my son has a baby and that's what has me thinking. What i did was buy both of them a little safe to keep
there guns in. My son has 4 shot guns a 22 rifle and 4 hand guns. He did buy ones of those crappy large safe that you can pry open with a screwdriver. It's time to get him a real safe. I think for his birthday,i will buy him one.

 

[PatAz]

I've given 3 guns to our son. He is responsible and safety conscious and he would never sell them. Oh and by the way his mother encouraged me to do this.

 

[the ringo kid]

Ive given four guns to my Nephews, which is why I now only have four--but that is temporary. If I dont ever have kids? then my collection will go to my Nephews and Great Nephews & Nieces.

 

[shouldazagged]

My 47-year-old son is very proficient with firearms, and has carefully taught his three boys to shoot responsibly, care for guns properly, etc. They all love to shoot.

I gave my son my beloved, beautiful 15-3 a few years ago, and all four of them shoot it often--the youngest is eight. The next time they are in town, I'll give my son my forty-year-old, splendid Marlin 39-A. I can no longer hunt, and I know he and the boys will have a ton of pleasure from it.

My son has a policy of never, under any circumstances, selling or giving away anything given to him by family.

I have no worries about giving him guns.

 

[Mule Packer]

When each of our four kids (3 boys and 1 girl) left the nest, they got their pick of a handgun to take with them.

These kids had been trained about the seriousness of firearms since they were in diapers. Each one took Hunter Safety twice...once when they were nine years old and again when they were twelve (the age they could apply for a deer tag).

As a result, I feel confident that my children are responsible with firearms and I don't think twice about giving them guns.

I'm thinking, S&W357, that if you didn't feel your adult children were responsible, you wouldn't have given them the guns in the first place either. Am I right?

 

[kamloops67]

bought a bl-22 for my son last year and a higher end blade this year. i have a 28-2 that i would love to give him if he would start showing some more interest in handguns. ive seen him pick it up numerous times (always checking first) turning it over in his hands, admiring the fit and finish ,with comments like "it looks like it's made from one piece of steel!"
i told his mother that id "ear marked" the hp for him if he would show interest, hoping she would mention it to him...yeah im sneaky like a elephant in dry brush
i never thought he cared about my hotrods, until i see him hotrodding his street bikes ,and overhear him telling his buddies about my '67 in reverent tones...theres still hope
accidents will happen, all you can do is arm your children with the truth and the tools to stay safe.

 

[venomballistics]

Every year i give a gun to my son and daughter. They are 30 and 32 years old. I said to my wife yesterday, The kids really like the guns i gave them for Christmas. She said to me.... If anything ever happen to them with those guns, wouldn't you feel bad ?
Now she has me thinking. Can i get your input on this....

pull the plug on the TV.
Such a concern is a product of media poisoning.
I'd be far more concerned about what can happen to them without guns for them to depend upon in the darkest of days.

Google "Nikko Jenkins" and "Anthony Garcia" and start reading.
Any philosophy that ignores the existence of such ghouls as these, is to be discarded as utopian fantasy.

 

[wbraswell]

A lot of mothers don't want their children to have guns, motorcycles, pocket knives, fast cars, tobacco, alcohol, fireworks, or play football. It's what they do. If they had their way, you'd live next door, take music lessons (classical), wear sweaters with pink shirts, go to college until you're 30, or become a florist. That's what fathers are for, to stop this kind of nonsense. If anything bad happens, it's Dad's fault.

 

[shouldazagged]

A lot of mothers don't want their children to have guns, motorcycles, pocket knives, fast cars, tobacco, alcohol, fireworks, or play football. It's what they do. If they had their way, you'd live next door, take music lessons (classical), wear sweaters with pink shirts, go to college until you're 30, or become a florist. That's what fathers are for, to stop this kind of nonsense. If anything bad happens, it's Dad's fault.

DAMN, who told you about the pink shirts?

 

[gdnagle]

A lot of mothers don't want their children to have guns, motorcycles, pocket knives, fast cars, tobacco, alcohol, fireworks, or play football. It's what they do. If they had their way, you'd live next door, take music lessons (classical), wear sweaters with pink shirts, go to college until you're 30, or become a florist. That's what fathers are for, to stop this kind of nonsense. If anything bad happens, it's Dad's fault.

You forgot no women either.

Anyway the ones I would give to, I have one that hasn't kept a firearm he bought for more then 6 months so he won't get any as the little lady has already been told, I will lend them a firearm with the knowledge that they get it after I bite the big one as a gift. A gift works for those that might have divorce problems as in most states a gift isn't considered marital property so no dividing it, besides it's to hard to cut it accurately in two parts. Of course some of my little ones live in non friendly states so they can't have some of them.