How can you teach teens to respect the weapon they are holding in their hands? It's beyond difficult. It would be difficult to make it accepted in society.
Actually, it's better to teach from about 7-10y.o. in my opinion, I've seen teens grasp safety immediately as well as respect, the worst safety offenders I've seen are actually adults, which blows my mind. Teaching safety is pretty easy, you first show the steps of safety such as releasing a magazine, then checking the chamber AND barrel(which many people neglect to do), then making sure that all of the mechanisms are functioning properly. Once a gun has been cleared, whether it's a revolver or semi-automatic, you then have the "student" duplicate the process. Respect depends on the person, if you can't respect human life and safety, you can't respect a gun in my opinion, for instance, the first time I fired my newest one I was shaking at the thought of ever having to use it on anyone, it's a big caliber handgun, that's respect, when someone says "cool, I feel sorry for the next guy who........." I cringe.
Wayy ahead of you, i'm going down a range in a few weeks time to see it for myself. My brother is taking me =]
Cool, be safe and have fun.:2wave: