I don't disagree.
The primary feature was that my young daughter was unable to defeat the SS 3 retention holster. The Glock w/o a round in the chamber was simply an additional layer. It ended up working great. Plus I am talking about young kids, not 14 year olds. By the time my daughter was 11, she had her own pair of .45 Colt revolvers that she kept in her room. I was less worried about her with guns than I was her trashing the house when left unsupervised by the time she was 11.
I kind of skipped the whole Eddie Eagle and thing and went straight to "this is how you do it safely, ya little Wolverine!".
I knew a child's natural curiosity is to mess with things that they are not supposed to. So I simply removed the curiosity. Whenever she wanted to fiddle with guns, I brought them out. There was no mystique about them. They were just a normal part of the environment in our household. I was MUCH more concerned about other kids (and adults) visiting. The wife constantly had friends and their kids over. That was a concern for me.
Instead of "don't touch", I said, "this is how you handle a sharp knife, kid".
We went shooting a couple weeks ago. She does well. She LOVES to work a lever action .22 on steel targets!
The gun shown is a 1950s era Marlin Mountie .22LR I picked up over in Montana. It came off a ranch. Was very well used, but pretty well taken care of for its age. The Marlins of that era were quite well built and that Mountie is super smooth. A gun to last a lifetime. She received it for her 18th birthday. One good rifle to last her for her lifetime.
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