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In the discussion thread: Trying to decide what to do for your 8 yr olds birthday party? Take them SHOOTING! [View all]

Sun Jun 3, 2012, 01:40 AM

40. Don't lose your cool, amigo- the Gungeon has always attracted wowsers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowser

The Australian writer C.J. Dennis defined it thus: 'Wowser: an ineffably pious person who mistakes this world for a penitentiary and himself for a warder'.

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trying to decide what to do for your 8 yr olds birthday party? Take them SHOOTING! [View all]	Electric Monk	Jun 2012	OP
I don't think eight year olds should be unsupervised around guns	Warpy	Jun 2012	#1
that seems to be the case	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#2
Wait a minute, I'll cook up a fresh batch.	TheCowsCameHome	Jun 2012	#3
This is not a problem-it is good-	digonswine	Jun 2012	#4
Gun "rights" are for everyone who is responsible enough to exercise them correctly	tularetom	Jun 2012	#5
Now way	Paul J.D. Jones	Jun 2012	#6
Why?	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#7
Cars kill far more people in this country than guns do.	razorman	Jun 2012	#8
Yes, especially with eight-year-olds behind the wheel.	TheCowsCameHome	Jun 2012	#10
they may be standard but,	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#11
This still burns real deep around here....	TheCowsCameHome	Jun 2012	#12
all due respect but,	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#18
apples and oranges	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#9
"Violence is caused by teaching kids how to shoot guns or bows."?????	PavePusher	Jun 2012	#34
ADD kicking in again	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#46
Welcome to DU --- go-carts because they are so safe?	Tuesday Afternoon	Jun 2012	#14
Need to teach em young because gun culture wants everyone armed in the future and standing their	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#16
Your right	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#20
As I've said before, show them videos of people with bullet holes in themgrieving relatives, blood	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#21
That has what to do with firearm safety?	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#22
I still remember the gory auto wrecks they showed us in driver training. It worked.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#24
I well remember those videos also	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#26
Are you implying that you quit driving?	Tuesday Afternoon	Jun 2012	#54
"it takes away the mystique of guns."	ellisonz	Jun 2012	#61
he said mystique, not interest.	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#63
"Go-Carts"?	BiggJawn	Jun 2012	#29
"Guns" are not synonomous with "violence"....	PavePusher	Jun 2012	#33
Got my first gun when I was six. nt	rrneck	Jun 2012	#13
Bunch of right wingers trying to make a buck off gun lovers -- no matter how young.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#15
And you know their political affiliation how?	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#17
If they're making money off guns and hooking young kids on them - they are right wing and	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#23
I call bullshit	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#25
bad rude gun toter baser owner influence...guns are evil	ileus	Jun 2012	#27
Pandering to those obsessed with lethal weapons, is hardly a "legitimate" business.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#32
The folks at the link below....	PavePusher	Jun 2012	#35
Looks like a bunch of home schooled kids to me.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#37
This post was hidden by jury decision.	PavePusher	Jun 2012	#39
Don't lose your cool, amigo- the Gungeon has always attracted wowsers:	friendly_iconoclast	Jun 2012	#40
Another jury made up of antis no doubt....what a joke the "jury system" is	ileus	Jun 2012	#49
Ileus -- there are a whole lot of "antis" on DU and elsewhere. Especially with guns in public.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#52
Only people within this group are worthy to judge those here.	ileus	Jun 2012	#60
Really? You can identify homeschooled kids by looking at them?	beevul	Jun 2012	#41
Another of your many talents?	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#50
On the contrary- tell the little ones they're practicing to kill fascists:	friendly_iconoclast	Jun 2012	#38
More nonsense from you	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#48
I'd rather have the kiddies learn about guns...	BiggJawn	Jun 2012	#31
Teaching kids how to handle weapons safely is a bad thing, if you make money while doing it	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#56
Shooting is a great way to spend a birthday...just ask my 9 or 7 year olds.	ileus	Jun 2012	#19
All three of my sons started at age 5 with the same "Red Ryder"bb gun	oneshooter	Jun 2012	#28
"You'll shoot your Eye out, Hoyt..."	BiggJawn	Jun 2012	#30
Oooooo, will you adopt me?? 8>) n/t	PavePusher	Jun 2012	#36
Let me ask my Loving Wife..........................................................................	oneshooter	Jun 2012	#57
This reminds me...	krispos42	Jun 2012	#42
Have you seen the	Meiko	Jun 2012	#44
Well, this isn't really the Group for this kind of discussion	krispos42	Jun 2012	#45
Just bought a Youth Rifle	DonP	Jun 2012	#68
I taught both my sons	Meiko	Jun 2012	#43
I do, however, see a difference	iwillalwayswonderwhy	Jun 2012	#47
parents were there as well as range masters	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#51
As GE said, it goes from "party" to "serious" in a heartbeat.	Atypical Liberal	Jun 2012	#59
Supervised one-on-one by parents and range officers at an indoor range w 22lr is fine.	aikoaiko	Jun 2012	#53
My brother was introduced to shooting at age six. I was ten.	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#55
There is nothing wrong with taking an 8-year-old shooting.	Atypical Liberal	Jun 2012	#58
Good points about Karate! n-t	Logical	Jun 2012	#64
"You takes your chances"	ellisonz	Jun 2012	#62
"You'll shoot your eye out."	Remmah2	Jun 2012	#65
Chances of what? n/a	oneshooter	Jun 2012	#67
Properly supervised, perfectly fine.	AtheistCrusader	Jun 2012	#66

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