Carolina Quotes[A]ny time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he’s ready, no matter how young he is, and you can’t start too young to learn how to be careful.
Robert Ruark Carolinian
Source
Ch. 1 (p. 9)
- work
- The Old Man and the Boy (1957)
- year
- 1957
- locator
- p. 9
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“[A]ny time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he…” Robert Ruark. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-08BE7635CA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/08be7635ca
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