In New Zealand there are 4.3 million people, and roughly 1 million guns.
It's a simple question we are asking tonight - when should kids get access to those guns?
Your answer may depend on where you live.
In many rural families, not only is there nothing wrong with kids using guns, the younger they do it, the better - learning good habits that hopefully keep them safe for life.
So who are these kids, and who are their parents?
And can children safely handle guns?
William Cooling is seven years old, armed, and deadly from 25m.
Not far away in rural South Auckland, the Parsons kids are also enjoying a spot of target practice. Today they're using air rifles, but make no mistake - that's not the only type of weapon they know how to operate.
In downtown Auckland, scouts Daniel Lowther and Bradley Smith are also loosening up their trigger fingers.
The seven shooters are all part of a resurgence in the number of young children using guns. And despite their tender years, there's more than just practice targets in their sights. They're after animals.
Legally, anyone can use a gun, no matter what their age, as long as they are under the direct supervision of a firearms licence holder.
There are around 220,000 licence holders across the country.
When it comes to gun accidents involving children, the statistics are mixed. In 2007 and 2008 there were no deaths of children under 15 involving firearms, but there were a number of non-fatal accidents - 127 in 2007, 141 last year.
"Nearly all the accident reports I've seen involving children involve ignorance," says John Dyer, gun expert.
"It's like anything - we use education to protect them against those things that are dangerous out there... Why should firearms be any different to any other danger that kids find in their life?"
And Mr Dyer practices what he preaches. He taught his own son to use a shotgun when he was just five years old.
If you think that sounds extreme, it's actually an approach that get the cautious approval of an emergency medicine specialist at Starship Hospital.
"Children learn from a young age, but I think the younger the child is the harder it is for them to be able to sustain that learning and put it in to practice," says Mike Shepherd. "So you also need a lot of alternative strategies, and you can't rely on the fact that young children are going to retain that information you've taught them."
Mr Shepherd says the safest option is to not have firearms in the home - but if they are, a policy of ongoing education, adult supervision and secure storage is best.
There is no dispute from any of the parents of our primary school shooters.
Should William Cooling ever find himself lost in the bush, he's unlikely to go hungry.
What do you think? Have your say here.