Well, that’s a pretty broad statement. I mean the reason why you are buying the gun is important to note. My husband’s family are avid hunters so yes, my husband had his own guns growing up(hunting rifles). The difference is that when you grow up in a hunting family you are taught the correct ways to use guns. Gun safety is taught and reinforced all the time. To this day my husband still cringes when he sees boys playing with toy guns and pointing them at each other. That’s the opposite of the way he was brought up. Guns are serious and you don’t joke around with them. They are not toys and you NEVER point them at another human being. You also don’t go out on the 4th of July and shoot into the air risking injury to yourself or others.

Anyway, not all parents are out of their minds when buying a gun for a minor.