Can teaching kids to shoot prevent gun accidents in any scale that matters?

Well, my father taught me to shoot a gun when I was nine years old. He showed my brother and I where they were kept in the house, and he made it very clear to us that they were only to be used in certain, emergency circumstances. We never had any gun accidents, and I think both my brother and I understood the power of the guns having fired them. My father was also very responsible about his gun use and set a good example for us.