Kids with guns: One family's serious lesson

March 27, 1998
Web posted at: 11:08 a.m. EST (1608 GMT)

(CNN) -- The Jonesboro school massacre reopens a national debate on how, or if, children should be trained in the use of firearms. In some communities, target shooting and hunting are not just taken for granted, they are traditions handed down from generation to generation.

See for yourself how one father has fun with his sons while teaching them gun safety in this report from CNN Correspondent Brian Cabell on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

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