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My son shot his first 20 ga. shotgun at 9 y.o. (he'll be 10 Monday and currently shoots clay targets every chance he gets). I plan on taking him on a youth pheasant hunt this year, he'll be using his semi-auto 20 ga. beretta 390. I have no issue with this law provided that the hunter safety course is a pass/fail course with the safety aspect strongly emphasized. Not all children this age are able to deal with the level of discipline and personal responsibility that handling a firearm (closely supervised) requires. This why I think that hunter safety needs to be required and MUST be a pass/fail course.
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