re: What age to buy sons a gun

My dad started me out with a bb gun young in life. Around five or so, I couldn't pump it up but could hold it on my own. My FIL got my oldest a bb gun for his bday this year and he's 4 now. He's not quite big enough to hold it but we use it to plink at cans with my help. I'm taking him hunting this year but just as an observer. He's been running trap lines with me for two years and has seen many animal kills. It doesn't phase him. I think 9-10 is a better age for larger recoil guns like .410 and rifles bigger than .22. That's my plan anyway.