Is it a Darwin?

A rather unfortunate place to be standing

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/...ctor/14594549/

[HunterICX]

"You can't give a 9-year-old an Uzi and expect her to control it," Scott said.

No Scott, you can't give any kid a gun and expect him/her to control it.
I really don't care how well your instructors handle guns with kids, kids shouldn't be handling guns. They don't have the physical strenght to handle guns, don't have the sense of responsibility for it and to begin with they don't need them.

[Betonov]

Definitely Darwin.
I wish the gun would just hit him in the head without a bullet coming out though.

And a Baboon congresional medal for idiocy beyond for actions beyond and above the call of sanity for the parents.

I really don't care how well your instructors handle guns with kids, kids shouldn't be handling guns. They don't have the physical strenght to handle guns, don't have the sense of responsibility for it and to begin with they don't need them.

I don't agree.
Some guns are not like other guns and can be handled fine, and some kids are not like other kids when it comes to sense of responsibility.
As for need, kids don't need a skateboard either.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

I don't agree.
Some guns are not like other guns and can be handled fine,

Yes, they're called Toy guns or Airsoft Guns.

and some kids are not like other kids when it comes to sense of responsibility.

No kid is the same but the fact remains that they are kids and don't give things that require more thought exactly that.

As for need, kids don't need a skateboard either.

Well a skateboard won't blow a hole in someones head.

[Wolferz]

Kids can be taught to respect firearms for what they are and what they do.
If you have firearms in your home, teaching them is the right thing to do to quell their inquisitive nature. Naturally, you keep things locked up tight when you're not around to supervise. If you do give a kid a gun, it should match their size. My wife's grandfather gave her a little .22 saddle rifle when she was six and he taught her how to hunt with it. Those lessons came in handy when she hit her teen dating years and a boy took her out to the woods to try and scare her. In the end, she wasn't the one who was scared.
That little rifle is in our gun cabinet still. Along with two .303's, several shotguns and a revolver. She knows how to use them all if the need arises.
No, I ain't skeered. I even gave her cast iron cookware.

[ETR3(SS)]

Irresponsible on the part of the parents and the range. But unfortunately someone had to die to make that point.

I believe that if you're going to maintain firearms in your house, it is your responsibility to educate your children about them.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Irresponsible on the part of the parents and the range. But unfortunately someone had to die to make that point.

I believe that if you're going to maintain firearms in your house, it is your responsibility to educate your children about them.

And keep the firearms and ammo locked up and unobtainable. That alone might have saved all those kids at Sandy Hook.

If you put a sub-machine gun in the hands of a little girl, you deserve to get shot.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

No Scott, you can't give any kid a gun and expect him/her to control it.
I really don't care how well your instructors handle guns with kids, kids shouldn't be handling guns. They don't have the physical strenght to handle guns, don't have the sense of responsibility for it and to begin with they don't need them.

Originally Posted by Betonov

Definitely Darwin.
I wish the gun would just hit him in the head without a bullet coming out though.

And a Baboon congresional medal for idiocy beyond for actions beyond and above the call of sanity for the parents.

Rgr that.

Yes, they're called Toy guns or Airsoft Guns.

What about a.22LR or even a .410?
Suitable for handling by young ones.

No kid is the same but the fact remains that they are kids and don't give things that require more thought exactly that.

I agree in this case, an uzi on full auto is beyond the thought requirement here, but it doesn't apply in all cases.

Well a skateboard won't blow a hole in someones head.

It can, skateboards can be bloody dangerous for the user and bystanders.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

What about a.22LR or even a .410?
Suitable for handling by young ones.

Like a Uzi....

It can, skateboards can be bloody dangerous for the user and bystanders.

But they're not designed to inflict damage on others or objects.

Just saying it's bad enough that people hurt themselves or others with guns by accidents...save kids the trouble of having shot themselves, brother/sister or others in an accident and let them be kids. Introduce them to guns at an appropriate age.

[Oberon]

Like a Uzi....

nothing like an Uzi.

[Wolferz]

I let my sister in law fire my twelve gauge one time and she spun around in a full circle with the thing. Fortunate enough for myself, my brother and her brother, it was a single shot weapon. If it had been an auto, she'd have likely killed all three of us. I'm talking a grown woman with some excessive weight issues. After seeing that episode, I would never in my right mind place an automatic weapon in the hands of any female I had not seen firing the weapon properly beforehand.

[Oberon]

Children are quite capable of operating automatic assault rifles, see: