r/canadaguns Apr 15 '26

Shooting My 7 year old's second time shooting.

I bought a little Cricket for her to use with an adorable little scope. She was pretty excited to create a hole in the target lol! 20m bench

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u/Ok-Onion-3102 Apr 15 '26

I wanted to do the same with my 6 year old daughter and couldn’t find the legal minimum age for handling a rifle while supervised by a PAL owner. The RCPM only seems to have a age minimum for the Minor Licence which is 12 years. Does anyone have the info if it would be legal or not to bring my 6 years old to shoot with me?

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u/Ankylosaur270 Apr 15 '26

At my range there's a guy that brings his 5 and 7 year old all the time. As long as they're supervised it's no problem

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u/General-Football-953 Apr 16 '26

there is no legal requirement but if you go to another country, ranges are willing to accommodate any ages - obviously it's sort of fake, with mostly the instructor holding the gun and handling everything