I am so touched you would blog about me, and have enjoyed speaking with each of my sisters as they got married and realized that I was not totally deranged. I am glad that each of you is deciding to address this issue with your children. All little people, but little boys in particular, will be fascinated by anything that is totally forbidden and is consequently totally mysterious. Understanding what something is and it's proper and safe use will remove the mystery that can lead to dangerous experimentation or destructive use. Like any other of life's lessons, I want my son to learn it at home, and not from the movies, or little, and similarly uneducated friends. My route is not the only route of education, but I bought my son his first little rifle while he was in utero. I just had to wait for sex determination so I could buy the right color...:) Uncle Gun Toter Father, Brother, Psycho-babble-ist, Fed, Little Boy at Heart.