Airsoft Guns, The Way To Start Your Kids
My boys, when they were six and eight years old, fell in love with old TV westerns featuring the likes of Roy Rogers and Buster Crabbe. Naturally, they wanted guns, to act out their favorite scenes. I started them on cap guns, which did the trick for a brief time. But, they soon got bored with them. Why? They don’t project anything! Aim at a pop can and shoot, and nothing happens but noise!
I didn’t think that they were ready for BB guns, and I wasn’t prepared to hand them my .22 pistol, let alone the Glock. But, I did want them to start to learn how to handle a gun that actually shot something. The next Saturday morning I took them down to our local sporting goods store and we picked out a couple of Airsoft pistols for them. They could not have been more excited. And my wife was okay with it, since Airsoft means what it says — no one was going to get hurt, no eyes were going to get put out!
As soon as we got home, we set up our Airsoft firing range in the basement, complete with pop cans and tiny plastic army men, as well as some targets they made themselves. We put on our safety goggles and began the instruction and the fun. In short, by starting them on Airsoft guns, and with my instruction, they learned the proper respect for guns.
Now, years later, they are comfortable handling firearms of any kind. Airsoft guns turned out to be the perfect way to get them started. And now, as teens, they still enjoy their Airsoft pistols and rifles. The three of us still spend many enjoyable hours trying to best one another in aim down in our Airsoft range!