Please read Wild at Heart and see what the book says about boys and guns, it is right on! Boys yearn to know they are powerful, they seek adventure, you don't see them sitting still long enough to have a tea party. They are wired differently than girls. Boys are warriors and the worst thing we can do is start at this early age to demasculininze them, they will grow into being bored men. Now, of course they have to be educated on guns, that is a given. But, let him play, seek adventure, enjoy! The Park Wife