I also agree that a little education about guns helps alleviate some of a kid's natural curiosity about them. The Little McGee started "helping me clean my guns" at 6 or 7-ish, somewhere in there. I'd clean and she'd come around and inspect parts. Initially, I'd let her hold my 1911 frame with the slide removed, and we progressed from there. By 8 or so, she went to a few gun shows with me and we tried her with a BB gun. If she was ever curious about my guns when I wasn't around, I sure never found out about it.
Then again, I also told her that my guns were like my underwear. Sure, I have them, but we don't need to tell everyone that.
Then again, I also told her that my guns were like my underwear. Sure, I have them, but we don't need to tell everyone that.