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is recommended for children who received a new BB gun, shotgun or hunting rifle for Christmas or for those who may already have a gun.
Originally posted by roughycannon
is recommended for children who received a new BB gun, shotgun or hunting rifle for Christmas or for those who may already have a gun.
Is that shotgun as in SHOTGUN! wtf?
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by eXia7
Yes, that's exactly what I think. It's as if you read my mind. Oh wait... no it isn't.
edit on 13-1-2013 by IvanAstikov because: itchy "enter" finger
Originally posted by jimmiec
There is no downside to this. Children watch guns used everyday on television. Teaching them proper respect for guns is common sense. They see on television how to pull the trigger. They don't learn to respect it or how to use it safely on television. If it saves one child from thinking there is nothing wrong with playing with it and accidentally shooting him/herself it is a great thing to do.
Originally posted by eXia7
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by eXia7
Yes, that's exactly what I think. It's as if you read my mind. Oh wait... no it isn't.
edit on 13-1-2013 by IvanAstikov because: itchy "enter" finger
Well, you haven't given me a proper response on your views then, I just figured since you were demonizing a topic such as this, it was how you felt.
You haven't really shown me a significant reason why this is a bad idea.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Originally posted by eXia7
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by eXia7
Yes, that's exactly what I think. It's as if you read my mind. Oh wait... no it isn't.
edit on 13-1-2013 by IvanAstikov because: itchy "enter" finger
Well, you haven't given me a proper response on your views then, I just figured since you were demonizing a topic such as this, it was how you felt.
You haven't really shown me a significant reason why this is a bad idea.
My view is that there are better ways of keeping your children safe than putting them in an environment full of tools designed to kill to produce any good.
Why don't you just rename your country Sparta and teach your children to be proper warriors, if you really want them fully prepared for the big, bad world ahead?
Originally posted by jimmiec
reply to post by IvanAstikov
How so? He knows what a gun is already. He knows what it does, he knows how to pull the trigger. What he doesn't know is the proper respect for it's use. Educating him and teaching him respect for it would more likely stop him from killing people with it, not make him kill with it. You seem to be equating training a child with giving a child a weapon. That is not the case.edit on 13-1-2013 by jimmiec because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by eXia7
No, you are completely wrong. If you are one of the uber-responsible firearm owners I've heard a lot about, my comments aren't aimed at you, they are targeted at the typical gun owner I see often on messageboard forums who treats anybody who doesn't see the need for firearms as weak and inferior human beings, unfit for survival in the brave new world after the revolution, ie, the same kind of people you should be trying to encouragel back into their holes yourself, if you have any common decency.
Originally posted by Patriotsrevenge
I was six years old when my father gave me my first .22 Winchester rifle so I could go hunting with him. This is critical for all young kids to be taught. The very first thing he taught me was to fear that gun or any other. The second was his belt if I did one wrong thing with that gun while we were out hunting let alone never to be allowed to use it again.
I was not allowed to even hold that gun till we were in the woods when I was that young.
This is something that only wise Parents will do. I was all gun ho on hunting, my father saw a bird sitting in some brush so he had me shoot it. I just wounded it so he promptly made me go put it out of its misery so it would not suffer. As a little kid I then saw what it meant to kill something and I did not like the feeling for awhile until my dad explained to me why people hunted. Not for sport but to put food on their table that otherwise might not be there.
Thankfully we never needed food that way as we could afford to buy it but one day that may not always be the case. That is a life long lesson a real father teaches their kids!
We still went hunting a lot as a tradition that was more father son bonding time and enjoying nature more than killing anything. It wasn't later in life did my brother and friends get into hunting big time.
That also goes for protecting myself or my family. Everyone in my entire family knows how to shoot, some a lot better than others but when the pooh hits the fan they can and will always defend themselves and others who cant.