I know you're an NRA-certified instructor, and I respect that. I used to be a member of the NRA, but changed my mind after their rabid 1992 campaign for membership.
That's not what this is about.
I'm writing you with respect to your post in a thread supporting teaching our children how to use firearms.
I'm with you 100%, so just know that up front.
As an instructor in the military on several fronts I came up with my own three-day "program" which my 9-year-old son (now ten) had to go through if he wanted to shoot my firearm. I did not make it easy, and I think about 15% of all adults would have failed. He earned a 92% rating, and the min passing grade for an adult would have been 90% as per my experience, training, and design.
So, we went shooting! And my son performed admirably, never once violating any safety measure period, bar none.
My point is this: I wasn't in it for the money. I am my son's father, and he is my son. I simply wanted him to be safe, and set out a way in which he could do so capitalizing on both my years of experience in the U.S. Military as well as on many other years of instructing experience.
Result: He is a safe, competant shooter and handler of firearms, including semi-autos, revolvers, and black power weapons.
And he is ten years old.
So - should parents teach their kids about firearms? Absolutely! Do they need to go through an NRA program? Absolutely not. I didn't. My son didn't. We're both far more safe than half of the NRA members on the range (who commit some of the most horrific acts of range indiscretion I've yet seen to date!)
Ugh. NRA vs non-NRA. In my mind, it's a total non-issue, and this is NOT what my point is about.
My point is to
BE SAFE.
I didn't know about the above link when I developed my curriculum for my son, but it's a good one! I don't agree with all of it, particularly with respect to self-defence weapons (I am always carrying hot), but I think they even got that one right by talking about the "not in use" issue.