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Originally Posted by Subnuts
The kid also had a hand grenade and was working on three other explosive devices. He also had a video of the Columbine shootings and a hand-painted Nazi flag in his bedroom. Oh yeah, and his Mother bought him a rifle for his 14th birthday, too young for him to legally own one.
Naturally, I'm going to assume that he was working on a school project on the problem of Nazis in our classrooms.
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I wonder what the laws are on that one these days? Most states allow people younger than 21 to own rifles, but not pistols / handguns. Matter of fact, I know a few people that got their first .22 prior to his age - one got his first .22 at even 7 years old. As you may have guessed, this guy has been a life long hunter.
Anyway, I have no problem with a kid and a .22 as long as he is properly supervised, especially out in the country. In the city, probably not a good idea. What the main problem here is not the kid, it is the mother who obviously is a push over. Where are her parenting skills? A kid who loves Columbine tapes, and Nazi flags is probably not the best candidate to be buying rifles for, and especially not black powder unless one has a black powder rifle to go along with it. Money is probably much better spent on counseling or phycho therapy! :hmm:
-S