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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNRA Lobbyist says Whaaaaat???
UPDATE:
In Tallahassee at the http://Banassaultweaponsnowflorida.org hearing-
@NRA LOBBIEST Marion Hammer just testified
"how do you tell a 10-year-old little girl that the rifle she got for Christmas is an assault weapon and she has to give it up or risk arrest on felony charges?"
Whaaaaat?
Link to tweet
genxlib
(5,548 posts)Hey, they managed with lawn darts...
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)marble falls
(57,854 posts)and then the point was replaced with a weighted ball. No deaths just fractured skulls.
Hotler
(11,512 posts)global1
(25,318 posts)You know little girl - that rifle you got for Christmas. It is an assault weapon and you have to give it up. If you don't give it up - you risk arrest and felony charges.
And I'd also arrest the person that gave that 10 y/o girl an assault rifle as a Christmas gift.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)LakeArenal
(28,908 posts)spanone
(136,011 posts)True Blue American
(18,001 posts)Off that for years!
uponit7771
(90,379 posts)MontanaMama
(23,371 posts)with stand your ground laws and all that...this might not end well for him if hes gifting rifles. 😳
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Who in their right mind gives a 10 year old child a rifle as a gift? I can't even get my mind around how these people live their lives. It is so fucked up.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I don't think anyone makes a youth semi-auto.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I just don't understand this level of fucked-up-ness. I will never get it.
Celerity
(43,930 posts)one would think so, but leave it the US to prove this wrong
https://ruger.com/products/1022Compact/models.html
then there are these even more disturbing pics
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Celerity
(43,930 posts)aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)It is much easier to manage a kid with a rifle than a pistol because of the radius of turning the muzzle.
Most kids I know start off on 22 lr rifles of some kind.
Ironically, AR15 are super soft shooting and kids can manage the recoil well. They are a lot louder than 22 lr, though.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I just think it is sick.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)But not all and not long ago adolescents and teens kept Ruger 10/22 rifles or 20 gauge shotguns in the bedrooms.
snowybirdie
(5,261 posts)a rifle? Can't you wait til 16 or 17?
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)I think I was 12 when shot my first rifles at Boy Scout camp.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)41 years later, I've never shot another gun since, aside from airsoft or b.b's.
Clash City Rocker
(3,402 posts)I guess thats why these mass shootings are rarely committed by small children. You have to train them when theyre young to have no respect for human life, and then, when theyre older, you can pretend to be shocked when they murder many people.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Maybe we could bridge the gap by glorifying warriors.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Give up your assault weapon or face federal charges!
What difference does it make how old she is?
leftieNanner
(15,218 posts)Shouldn't have an assault rifle. Remember the 9 YO girl who's parents thought it would be cool for her to shoot an UZI at a range and she couldn't handle the recoil. Killed the instructor. Imagine her carrying that around for the rest of her life.
JFC but these people are evil.
LakeArenal
(28,908 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,655 posts)She's infamous here in Florida and relentless. She plays dirty and doesn't care whom she hurts. The only good thing I can say about her is that all humans are mortal.
lame54
(35,395 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Initech
(100,175 posts)That seems like some grossly irresponsible parenting there.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Not by most people's definition of what constitutes 'automatic' anyway.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)'Sweetie, that assault rifle should never have been given to you in the first place. You're too young and it was a terrible idea. And they are about to be made illegal which means the government will buy it back and we can get you something else for Christmas. When you are of legal age, you can go out and get your own gun if you still want one, and it will be okay as long as you get proper training and meet all legal requirements."
Well, that was easy. You're up, Marion.
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)and kill his best friend in before he, the driver, dies of burns. True story.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)were shot by a rifle that the shooter got for Christmas?
Again, these people do not care, it's all about money/profits.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)want to be like them.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)mcar
(42,490 posts)onethatcares
(16,232 posts)how do YOU tell a parent that their child is dead by hand of another that got an assault style rifle for Christmas?
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