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hack89

(39,171 posts)

14. Of course my guns are locked up.

Reply to Chorophyll (Reply #13)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:33 PM

Aug 2012

my point is that there is nothing wrong with introducing young kids to shooting - mine were both 8 when they started.

You are certainly welcome to have your opinions about guns. It is when you start making broad brushed smears against gun owners to justifies restricting their civil rights that I feel compelled to comment.

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Boy sentenced for killing father's girlfriend with his Christmas present -- [View all] pnwmom Aug 2012 OP

A boy always remembers the first gun his father gives him... rfranklin Aug 2012 #1

Especially when he then... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #3

+2 xchrom Aug 2012 #6

got mine first gun from my dad when I was 7 belcffub Aug 2012 #9

Every day I thank the powers that be who keep my grandson in... Tikki Aug 2012 #2

If the daughter who was being changed at the time... RevStPatrick Aug 2012 #4

So the kid could learn how to hunt potato chips and fast food? Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #5

I'm a gun owner and I believe in 2nd amendment rights but your comment is SO fucking true. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #11

This is fucked up. Turbineguy Aug 2012 #7

Fathers, sons, and guns. Chorophyll Aug 2012 #8

That hunting or competive target shooting is fun? hack89 Aug 2012 #12

So you gave your kids guns at that age? Chorophyll Aug 2012 #13

Of course my guns are locked up. hack89 Aug 2012 #14

I know this argument has been made ad infinitum recently, but... Chorophyll Aug 2012 #15

You have never been safer hack89 Aug 2012 #16

Georgia is as fucked up as Texas w.r.t. their legal system. berni_mccoy Aug 2012 #10

The father was an idiot 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #17

my son received firearms for his 6th and 7th BD ileus Aug 2012 #18