Is it legal for me to let my 6 year old shoot a gun at a range?

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Is it legal for me to let my 6 year old shoot a gun at a range?

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Stephen Cohen ·
As long as he has proper training. But make sure you are there to prevent an accident. A six year old is not really mature enough to handle a gun.
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Bill Whittaker ·
Legal-yes; wise...probably not. Look at the range rules, follow them carefully and consider a Red Ryder BB gun instead...for Christmas...when he is ten
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Megan Spidell ·
No, it is not illegal for your child to shoot a gun at the gun range and to my knowledge, there are no age requirements for shooting a gun. So long as your child obeys the range rules and practices gun safety, you should be fine!
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Ronald Payne ·
One thought to add, since it is tagged family law. Yes, it is presumably legal for you to allow your 6 year old to shoot. However, if you are in pending family law litigation, I would strongly recommend you consider not shooting. I myself shoot, etc., and it is an enjoyable hobby, but I would suspect that a judge sitting in custody hearing, depending on their background, familiarity with firearms, etc., might be very skeptical of a parent who takes a 6 year old to shoot anything stronger than a BB or pellet gun, and even then.... This post is also tagged convicted felon, so if you have a felony background, etc., I would hesitate even more, because felony conviction + letting 6 year old shoot (even properly supervised, etc.) is not something that is going to convince a judge you are keeping the best interest of the child in mind. Not what you'd want to hear, but this could have a reasonably strong impact on a family law case and is easily preventable, which is what I'd recommend in this case.
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