Every day I look down at the grass instead of up at it is a good day. Some are better than others. I had a really good one a few weeks ago. My neighbor has a grandson, Benjaman, who is now 10 years old. About six years ago when visiting granddad they made wooden rifles and Ben did some highly entertaining playing. He has been just about everything in his imagination from a German Sniper to everything in the video games.
His annual visits to the SSK shop and my collection always resulted in a pocketful of souvenirs in the way of empty cartridges, spent bullets and whatever else struck his fancy and wasn’t dangerous. This year he was full of questions about all the guns in the video games and got to see a lot of them. The Barrett .50 was a big hit, and I was particularly impressed with his questions about the various guns he recognized.

His parents are not gun owners, nor are they anti-gun. I’m not a big proponent of trying to teach kids to shoot at too early an age as I see far too much of that with kids not ready for it either mentally or physically. Actual age has something to do with it, sure, but a mom or dad’s age and experience is just as important as the child’s. After a few days of Ben’s annual visit I felt he was ready for the experience he has looked forward to for several years. His Granddad agreed, and Ben lit up like a Christmas tree when asked if he would like to actually shoot a real gun. He thought it would be a .22.

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