I did.
Teaching one's child to handle and fire a firearm responsibly is irrelevant to instructing a 9-year-old on how to fire an Uzi.....or any auto fed firearm.
This 9-year-old will have that scar on her brain for the rest of her life.
Originally Posted by LexusLover
You are lying again. Her post was relevant to the thread. All you did was basically repeat what she said. Your post is the one irrelevant. You like the kid that calls out the answer after the question has already been answered and then crying that the first correct answer was irrelevant.
Why don't you go to the ME to fight ISIS chickenhawk? Now that was irrelevant to the thread.
Not only do I not disagree with a parent teaching their child to shoot, I think it is very important if the family has a gun in the house. The best way to ensure that a child doesn't play with a gun is to demystify guns by teaching them gun safety and how to shoot.
However, teaching children firearm safety, and how to shoot should also be common sense. Start the kid on a small hand gun or BB gun, something they can handle. A fully automatic gun should never be put into the hands of a child. But the responsibility for safely instructing children in gun safety lies with the parent, not the government.
Government is not a tool by which we can save the stupid, ignorant, and irresponsible. Everyone agrees on the belief that the American Dream is supposed to mean that we all have the freedom to succeed. Well, there are two sides to that coin. If we believe in the individual's freedom to succeed, we should also believe in the individual's freedom to fail.
So while I very much sympathize with this little girl, and the trauma she will have to live with, and I sympathize with the family who lost their 8 year old son to a similar accident, I don't believe that any action is required from either the state or the Federal gov't. It is up to the parents to pull their heads out of their asses and use some common sense. For those parents who can't remove their heads from their rectums, no amount of government regulation will suffice.
Originally Posted by SinsOfTheFlesh