I think arming 12 and 13 years olds is a GREAT idea!

[WinterBorn]

I taught all my children to shoot before they were 12. By the time she was 12, my step-daughter was an excellent marksman and followed the safety rules better than many adults at the gun range.

She didn't like recoil, but with a Ruger .22 rifle she was accurate, safe, and enjoyed it a great deal.

 

[DriftingSand]

I taught all my children to shoot before they were 12. By the time she was 12, my step-daughter was an excellent marksman and followed the safety rules better than many adults at the gun range.

She didn't like recoil, but with a Ruger .22 rifle she was accurate, safe, and enjoyed it a great deal.

More than one kid has saved the lives of his or her family as a result of knowing how to use a gun and having one readily available. I think that gun use and safety should be an elective in public schools. If they can teach "safe sex" then thy can teach safe self defense.

 

[007]

13? I think my uncle was eight when he got his first rifle!

Exactly. I was 9 when I first ventured out into the woods carrying my own Remington, single shot .22 rifle.

 

[Swagger]

On the school playing field we fired a Luger one of our schoolmasters captured during the allied invasion of Europe. Can't remember how old I was, but I didn't have a pube to my name.

 

[Spiderman]

On the school playing field we fired a Luger one of our schoolmasters captured during the allied invasion of Europe. Can't remember how old I was, but I didn't have a pube to my name.

And it was fun, right?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Puts things in perspective. He cant buy a lottery ticket legally but he can buy a device that can kill someone and do it legally.

No he can not. Again for the slow and stupid, Federal law bars anyone under 18 from buying a rifle or shotgun from a licensed dealer.

But he can use it legally, which was his point. Are you slow and stupid?
I could really care less if people arm their children, I just hope they are smart enough to teach them gun safety.


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Reading comprehension is not your strong suit I see. Your quoted statement CLEARLY says that the tyke could not buy certain things but that HE could buy a firearm and did. And implied that was the law.

 

[Spoonman]

Here is what liberal laws do. NY passed the safe act and its registration claus goes into effect in April. So what you have right now are a few things. some will register their guns, some will refuse to register their guns and you have a group who are saying i just don't want to deal with this and are now selling their guns before the date. so now you have a rash of people just dumping guns to anyone who will buy them. makes you wonder whose hands all of these unregistered, untraceable weapons will fall into . But that's liberal legislation for you. andrew Cuomo is a complete and total ass.