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Originally Posted by privateer
I can see why in the old days you'd give a 5 year old a firearm.
Given you'd probably die of old age at around 30 to 40 year old.
I can't see handing a 5 year old a pellet gun in this day and age though!
Regardless of the type weapon? A 5 year old? And ammo for it?
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The issue isn't so much the 5 year old having his own gun, Learning to handle firearms and shoot them responsibly isn't an problem
The issue here is that the parents are irresponsible ****s who
Didn't use the child lock on the rifle
Didn't lock the rifle away when it wasn't being used
Allowed the kid to play with it unsupervised as a toy
Didn't check and double check that it wasn't still loaded after the last shooting session
and apparently weren't cleaning it after it was shot