CNN's Frank Buckley visits a firearms clinic for youths. A junior shooting clinic in New Jersey offers a new twist on the debate over kids and guns. Wearing baseball caps, thick glasses or ponytails, the children, ranging in age from 10 to 18, express youthful glee when they burst off a few rounds from their high-powered rifles. Gun instructors provide guidance and coaching.
Parents provide permission.
Talisa's father didn't hesitate. Aiming for safety Organizers and parents say the instruction offers the best way to teach children about gun safety. Some gun control advocates say the training helps create a youth gun culture, which they say the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers promotes. The critics say what the children really learn at youth gun events is how to advocate for the NRA, and how to become gun customers in the future. Gun enthusiasts says that the national heritage has always included guns.