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Well the 2nd amendment clearly says "people" and not adults or even citizens...so grab that glock for babies first birthday. They'll love it. It's in the constitution.
Each child is different. In general, five years can be old enough for supervised shooting. Mine was mature enough at that age, and he was allowed to shoot his cousin's .22 "Cricket" with close adult supervision. He's now 8, and unsupervised access is still not allowed (my guns are locked in a safe, with the ammo stored separately), but he knows enough about gun safety that I can hand him a loaded gun and trust him not to shoot himself or anyone else.
On the other hand, I have a 10-year-old nephew that is so flightly and gun-obsessed that when we go shooting an adult is within half a step of him at all times.
Five years old is (in general) far too young for unsupervised access to a gun. Leaving the gun "in a corner" is stupid, whether they thought it was unloaded or not (RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED). Total parenting fail; first for leaving it there, second for not teaching the kid to NEVER EVER touch a gun unless a parent is helping.
Oh, and for the record, I got my first BB gun (Red Ryder style) at 5, and my first single-shot .22 at 6. But again, my parents taught me how to handle a gun, and more importantly, when to NOT handle a gun.
Well the 2nd amendment clearly says "people" and not adults or even citizens...so grab that glock for babies first birthday. They'll love it. It's in the constitution.
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Originally Posted by jmqueen
Clearly the parents are at fault.
For not similarly arming the 2-year-old so she could protect herself.
Hey, the only defense against a bad 5-year-old with a gun is a good 2-year-old with a gun!
It really depends. I grew up with them, was able to handle them at a very young age, but I was not allowed to keep it or use it unless parents were with me. Once I was 11 or 12, I had access to it but I also understood that is not a toy nor should I ever enter the parents room to get it. But, I knew it was there in case a situation called for it.
During a 12 Noon newsbreak, it was reported the child was given the rifle last year, that would have made him to be 4 years old. Too young, IMO. The parents will have to live with this, hopefully, they've changed their minds about how young is, too young.
Yet again the gun came alive to shoot someone. New meaning of zombie gun.
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