Quoted: I think you misunderstand me. I dont mean "not at that age" from a standpoint of being too young to won a gun, but "not at that age" in the sense Dads first gun is something I want her to have after she's done with college and done partying her ass off. I've seen far to many kids hit the pawn shops or friends and sell things to get gas money, beer money and rent money during college. Its a fact of life. Now, some kids are smart enough and wouldnt do that. If she wants a pistol fine, she can have one. But, if she wants Dads first gun I wouldnt give it to her till I know she's responsible enough to not pawn it off if she needed money down the road at some time.
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Precisely my thoughts! As a teen, I was "promised" a 1904 Colt SAA Bisley by my grandfather... for when I had my own home. I cherish it as a part of family history. But if I'd had it before then, no telling what might have happened to it that I would now regret.
Sit her down and tell her it hers, but she will not possess it until she is a fully responsible adult. In the meantime you'll keep it safe for her... and she can see you any time to get it to go to the range. Oh, and telling this to her in front of her mom is good too... should something ever happen to you before she actually reaches "fully responsible adult". She needs to know its very special to you, and thats why you want her to have it forever.
Good Luck!
(BTW, do you clean your AR when her b/f's are coming over to pick her up?)