Children under 10 licensed to use shotguns, BBC learns

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Originally Posted by gimpy117

well to my states credit its required to be trained in safety. besides, I was shooting 80% in clays at that age still am too.

It's a requirement where I grew up, too. A few years after I had earned mine, I accompanied a friend to his final test and was asked by an instructor to participate. As luck would have it the man wasn't happy with how I handed my rifle to him before crossing the fence. I could have sworn all up and down that I had done it right; the barrel was pointed up in a safe direction, the safety was on, the chamber was empty. I made sure of all those things. But I missed some tiny little detail. I was so ashamed.




On a slightly unrelated note:

Who here remembers what went through their minds the first time they fired a high-powered rifle? My thought was; "This thing is going to break my shoulder and put me on my butt. I just know it. Dang! Okay, here goes...". Of course, it didn't hurt my shoulder, and it didn't send me flying backward like a ragdoll. The barrel just seemed to lift up in slow motion after I pulled the trigger. Hard to remember the rest, but it was a cool experience.