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In reply to the discussion: Guns should not be manufactured and marketed for children, period. Period. [View all]loli phabay
(5,580 posts)251. yes if the allow their kids unsupervised access to guns.
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Guns should not be manufactured and marketed for children, period. Period. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
OP
whatever your previous role, you aren't the authority on what I can refer to here
CreekDog
May 2013
#286
The girl driving the ATV in the photo can get her brother killed -- just as dead as with a gun
OmahaBlueDog
May 2013
#293
Yes I was a kid. Yes I rode a bike with no helmet, climbed a tree, and did a variety of other stuff
OmahaBlueDog
May 2013
#296
I don't know many kids who were "given" anything more powerful than a BB gun to use unsupervised
OmahaBlueDog
May 2013
#300
I've seen father-son hunting trips treated like father-son fishing trips...
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#301
That's a bad thing if it means large quantities of beer are being consumed
OmahaBlueDog
May 2013
#302
I posted hard numbers comparing accidental deaths between ATVs and guns among children.
hack89
May 2013
#246
No - I was referring to my reply to SoCalMusicLover. Sorry for any confusion. nt
hack89
May 2013
#253
Way to mix intentional criminal acts with accidental deaths to defend your leaking position.
AtheistCrusader
May 2013
#234
If you did, you wouldn't have tried to compare all gun-related deaths of children
AtheistCrusader
May 2013
#261
Given the contents of this thread, and who said what, you make no sense.
AtheistCrusader
May 2013
#291
You're more than welcome to embrace the Trash Thread button if it so offends your sensibilities.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
#6
Ha!~ I had to go look, since I've never actually done it. Here you go:
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#139
but that would rob them of the opportunity to post in a thread they don't give a shit about
frylock
May 2013
#173
Because, like every other hot current issue this deserves to be discussed
liberal N proud
May 2013
#85
You have to be a special kind of deranged to give your child a lethal weapon
Arctic Dave
May 2013
#4
My sons trained with the same 22 rifle I recieved when I was 10. A Remington Nylon bolt action.
oneshooter
May 2013
#119
You or some family member may be deranged...can you pass a mental health check?
Sancho
May 2013
#129
And I stand by your right to say so, even if you sound like an asshole saying it.
oneshooter
May 2013
#29
"But specifically marketing a gun specifically for children? That's sick."
Progressive dog
May 2013
#10
Why? Legal activity done under close adult supervision should be fine
ProgressiveProfessor
May 2013
#25
I agree! This is beyond f***ed up. I really don't understand the gun nut mentality.
smirkymonkey
May 2013
#190
I guess I just don't get it. It is not part of my culture and it never will be.
smirkymonkey
May 2013
#206
Shorter LOP is not a big deal. I know many women who prefer that as well
ProgressiveProfessor
May 2013
#92
I take it you do something for a living where that's a possible part of the job
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#61
While I admire your courage you had training for this the risks were known
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#73
I really don't give a damn what they think. I have been "retired" now for 10 years.
oneshooter
May 2013
#175
Not quite as lethal as a gun. And most people who are Archers are not carrying them
smirkymonkey
May 2013
#208
Maybe entertainment. I understand that celebretory fireworks predated martial fireworks.
aikoaiko
May 2013
#199
clearly target shooting was so popular they had to make an ammendment to the constitution
frylock
May 2013
#200
And it teaches kids to do three things if they come across a firearm lying around.
TheMightyFavog
May 2013
#45
I asked that very question about the OP, what did he mean by children
ProgressiveProfessor
May 2013
#78
I generally agree that 4 - 5 is too young, but I'm not going to get hysterical about it.
aikoaiko
May 2013
#37
Umm, high capacity mags on civvie rifles weren't exactly a thing fifty years ago.
TheMightyFavog
May 2013
#46
Glad that this is no longer the norm. Previous generations did a lot of stupid shit.
morningfog
May 2013
#71
Did you read all my post?...where I talked about the "real" guns we took to school?
kappa maki
May 2013
#189
Because, like it or not, guns account for the overwhelming majority of homicides in this country.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
#256
Your post highlights a fundamental viewpoint difference between gun owners and non gun owners
Xithras
May 2013
#47
I deny that cars are an instrument specifically designed to kill/injure or simulate killing/injuring
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
#255
Great stuff. Can you tell us how many 5 yr olds kill 2 yr olds with their very own
jmg257
May 2013
#135
Just watched "Shane" the other day. It's sort of an explanation for how youngsters get so
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#65
I'm perfectly fine with such hunting shotguns for adults and even teenagers.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
#93
We'd be talking about marketing and advertising, not seemingly objective journalistic articles.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
#314
Like I said, it's one thing for someone to take their kid along with them hunting.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2013
#125
Fishing is an excellent suggestion. No kid ever killed his sister with a fishing pole.
SunSeeker
May 2013
#145
Beautiful. I'm sure you would have hugely enjoyed doing anything with your dad there. nt
SunSeeker
May 2013
#158
So you advocate the state killing parents of a minor, with a "trial" first?
oneshooter
May 2013
#176
look, anyone who knows me and that includes here, knows I'm adamently against the dp
cali
May 2013
#238
Really? "they should be tried and killed for negligent homicide if a kid kills someone with it."
friendly_iconoclast
May 2013
#231
How are kids supposed to learn to violently overthrow their democratically elected government...
harmonicon
May 2013
#171
Says one of the chair-bound who pickets the forum 24/7 to keep the gun grabbers in check
Kolesar
May 2013
#207
I got my first air rifle at six years old. I started learning to shoot at nine
Nanjing to Seoul
May 2013
#237
Simple: My kids are forbidden from playing with any child who owns or has access to guns
alcibiades_mystery
May 2013
#239
No! No! I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
OmahaBlueDog
May 2013
#292