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Could you use a wider paintbrush for your gross overgeneralization?
No, this 10 yr. old who killed his mother specifically should not have had access to firearms unsupervised. Some minors are responsible, trustworthy and have been well taught about firearms and firearm safety practices.
Could you use a wider paintbrush for your gross overgeneralization?
No, this 10 yr. old who killed his mother specifically should not have had access to firearms unsupervised. Some minors are responsible, trustworthy and have been well taught about firearms and firearm safety practices.
SOME so would you give your 10 year old kid a gun? Without at least locking it up? I wouldn't-I grew up around guns and my parents would NEVER have given me a gun-example: how about the 14 year old that used his dad's police revolver to shoot his principal? Everyone said how stable he was..
SOME so would you give your 10 year old kid a gun? Without at least locking it up? I wouldn't-I grew up around guns and my parents would NEVER have given me a gun-example: how about the 14 year old that used his dad's police revolver to shoot his principal? Everyone said how stable he was..
Did I ever suggest I would? No, and neither did make the silly blanket statement about kids and guns not mixing did I? Why must everything be absolutely over the top with your posts on this subject?
Did I ever suggest I would? No, and neither did make the silly blanket statement about kids and guns not mixing did I? Why must everything be absolutely over the top with your posts on this subject?
YOUR QUOTE Some minors are responsible, trustworthy and have been well taught about firearms and firearm safety practices.
What was my response? I wouldn't give a kid a gun without locking it up-why is that over the top? Try reading...
I don't care if other people have them, but I don't feel the need to own one. I live in a safe, suburban area and my outdoors sport of choice is fishing.
In today's news a 10 year old boy in Ohio shot/killed his mother after an argument over chores with a rifle his father had given him. It seems there were problems in the family and the father had recently moved out of the home. The mother didn't want the guns in the house. In this area many boys learn to shoot--there was a lengthy discussion on the phrasing of this statement on Nancy Grace tonight--but basically having a gun is accepted in the community.
This is a tragic incident.
In IL, the son of police detective took a gun to school and fired into the cafeteria wounding the principal and an assistant principal.
In affluent homes with 'good/responsible' parents boys are allowed to make videos using guns---they could be 'toy guns' but the message is the same. This bothers me as much as the first incident. Guns are weapons and lethal force is not something to be taken lightly.
Prisons are overcrowded, judicial system struggles to keep up and taxpayers really can't do much more to support the increasing need.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
I have not read all of the replies but the boled part of your post bothers me. A responsible parent would NOT allow this to happen and children get guns and "play" with them in rich and poor homes.
A ten year old getting a gun is a HUGE problem for me. And as a parent of 6 and 8 year old boys I would NEVER allow them to have a gun at this age. They know what guns are and know what they can do and they will learn to use them when they are older but to give a gun to a 10 year old as a "gift" is absolutely irresponsible IMO.
Little boys in particular, will take whatever toys you give them and find ways of playing with them violently. It's a part of human nature, no statistics are necessary when it's close to 100%.
tk, it is obvious you should never ever own a firearm, as you think that a firearm is a toy and that you play with it. I would never trust someone such as you to own a firearm even if it is your right. also, you should also remember that quite alot of women also own and use firearms as well before you come out with that little boys comment.
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Did I ever suggest I would? No, and neither did make the silly blanket statement about kids and guns not mixing did I? Why must everything be absolutely over the top with your posts on this subject?