[Chainmail]

It may also be that young people, that is, middle class young people, are less involved with hunting and shooting sports in general. Some of it is generational and some of it is the result of anti-gun pressure from liberal pressure groups like the teacher's unions. Kids have been trained since pre-school that even drawing a picture of a gun is evil and can get you punished. Heck, other than e-bay, when was the last time you saw a cap gun or a BB gun for sale?

All we are seeing is the result of years and years of propaganda and perhaps a failure of our generation to train and educate and push back against the nannystaters.

Every generation of Americans should understand the skills, the value and the responsibilities for owning and using firearms.

[Oatka]

Kids have been trained since pre-school that even drawing a picture of a gun is evil and can get you punished.

Some years ago, my 10-year-old granndaughter was visiting us. I was carrying a .22 Ruger look-alike AK-47. She said, "Ooooh, a GUN!" and recoiled. I laid the gun on the floor and said "Let's stand here and see how long it takes for it to jump up and shoot somebody". She gave me a funny look and said, "But, grandpa, it's not alive!"

Out of the mouths of babes. (She's 16 now and no longer afraid of guns.)