Gun Control & RKBA

I have come around on my thinking when it comes to shotguns. NOT starting kids with .410s seems a no-brainer, now, as it is a prescription for early failure at bird hunting. The gauge/caliber is really for experts for obvious reasons. A .20 ga. certainly is preferable. Here is where I have changed my views: Action. Most instructors recommend semi-auto as the already mild kick of the .20 is reduced further. Counter-intuitively, the semi-auto action is where a lot of instructors want to start as it prepares a child to use the supposedly trickier (and most popular) action early on. In short, kids don't "grow into" semi-auto (often with no formal instruction or even hunter ed), learning exclusively on their own (less desireable). Frankly, I would seek instruction on the use of a semi-auto shotguns as my weapons are pump action and SxS. God! I'm a Luddite.