Dad gives son riffle for 11th birthday

[ajcorleone]

I will agree with one thing ther are a TON of bleeding heart liberals here.

Perhaps you should try to know something about all the bleeding heart liberals on here before you bash them. The only idiocy I see here is a father that thinks his preteen is man enough to own a weapon that can kill. And to let him pose with a weapon that resembles something more than it is. It's terrible optics and matches up perfectly with the idiotic gun culture this NRA gun safety trainer is bathing himself and his son in.

[deansayso]

"Guns don't kill people, People kill people" is the biggest chicken-**** cop out in the history of time. Admit that it is wrong and lets stop the madness...


Really? I have guns and have had 0 urge to kill another human. I have never put myself in the position to kill another human.
People kill people. Guns are just a medium. Just like knives, swords, arrows, fists, glass bottles, poison, automobiles, airplanes, etc...

[duane1969]

Perhaps you should try to know something about all the bleeding heart liberals on here before you bash them. The only idiocy I see here is a father that thinks his preteen is man enough to own a weapon that can kill. And to let him pose with a weapon that resembles something more than it is. It's terrible optics and matches up perfectly with the idiotic gun culture this NRA gun safety trainer is bathing himself and his son in.

A pellet gun can kill, a bow can kill, a baseball bat can kill, a pocket knife can kill, a rock can kill...if your only issue is with potential lethality then I guess we need to lock all kids up in padded rooms until they are 18 to protect them from themselves and protect society from them.

That is exactly what I have a problem with. Listen I will support and defend the second amendment (along with all my other consitutional rights) to the death but it makes 0 sense that someone has to pass a written and road test to prove that they can safely operate a motor vechicle but there is no testing required for a firearm.

Actually a lifelong test is required to own a gun. You must live your entire life free of crime, criminal irresponsibility and with good citizenship to purchase and own a gun. A person can be legally insane with an extensive criminal record and still get a drivers license and buy a car.

[Wickabee]

Would we be having this discussion if it was a car?

[mrveggieman]

A pellet gun can kill, a bow can kill, a baseball bat can kill, a pocket knife can kill, a rock can kill...if your only issue is with potential lethality then I guess we need to lock all kids up in padded rooms until they are 18 to protect them from themselves and protect society from them.



Actually a lifelong test is required to own a gun. You must live your entire life free of crime, criminal irresponsibility and with good citizenship to purchase and own a gun. A person can be legally insane with an extensive criminal record and still get a drivers license and buy a car. The legally insane person still has to prove that he knows how to drive a car. No one is asking anyone to prove that they know how to use a firearm.

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[deansayso]

Would we be having this discussion if it was a car?

Probably...but a car endangers everyone else on the street. If it was a professional drivers son getting a car then I would have no problem with it. If it was joe blow giving his son a car then yes.

I have been driving since I was 10, but I lived in the country too...

[Wickabee]

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Wait. The car won't start if you don't have a licence? Or is it possible for an unlicenced person to take a car out on the road and kill people?

[Wickabee]

Probably...but a car endangers everyone else on the street. If it was a professional drivers son getting a car then I would have no problem with it. If it was joe blow giving his son a car then yes.

I have been driving since I was 10, but I lived in the country too...

My dad gave me a car when I was 14. Driving age is 16. What's the problem exactly?

[habsheaven]

A pellet gun can kill, a bow can kill, a baseball bat can kill, a pocket knife can kill, a rock can kill...if your only issue is with potential lethality then I guess we need to lock all kids up in padded rooms until they are 18 to protect them from themselves and protect society from them.

That's your only response? Comparing a gun to a rock? Too ridiculous to even comment.

Actually a lifelong test is required to own a gun. You must live your entire life free of crime, criminal irresponsibility and with good citizenship to purchase and own a gun. A person can be legally insane with an extensive criminal record and still get a drivers license and buy a car.

By "lifelong test" you mean 11 years right? The kid is 11. He hasn't even finished developing his mind or body, let alone had the time to start going on crime sprees.

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[duane1969]

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So if a person proves they can load a gun, pull the trigger and hit a target then they are viable to be licensed to purchase and own a gun? My 11 year old will be happy to hear that.

For the record, taking a written test and driving test does not prove that you can safely operate a vehicle. If it did then auto accidents would not be the #1 killer of teens ages 16-19.

My dad gave me a car when I was 14. Driving age is 16. What's the problem exactly?

I grew up on a farm and was driving the farm pickup when I was 11. I guess my dad was a majorly irresponsible parent...