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In reply to the discussion: Guns should not be manufactured and marketed for children, period. Period. [View all]DissidentVoice
(813 posts)The first time I ever touched a firearm was when I was about 11 years old, at Boy Scout Summer Camp.
It was at a rifle range far away from the rest of the camp population and always supervised...I remember one of the supervisors was (I think) a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant who tolerated NO messing around on HIS range and never failed to impress on us that these were WEAPONS, and they could KILL you or someone else.
I learnt to shoot there and did pretty good...I even won an NRA medal.
My brother-in-law is a gun collector and a smart one. He has always kept his hardware locked in a secure cabinet and ammunition in a safe.
This is really something that did NOT need to happen. Why in the HELL was a loaded firearm left lying around where there were small children?