It was emphasized by the author and the poster, as well. And yes, I think it is a bad thing.
No it isn’t a bad thing. Gun accidents happen when people aren’t taught about them. The younger someone is when being taught, the better. Do you teach people to read, write or speak at age 20? Gun rules should be drilled in heads at a young age. 100 years ago kids knew how to handle guns. Now people have been programmed to be scared of them. THAT’S when accidents happen.
I went hunting with my family well before I was 14. When I was too young to carry a rifle I just went along to get out into nature. My dad taught me to respect firearms and I would have dreamed of messing around with them in an unsafe manner. btw, it is illegal to hunt after dark. So, this shooting was either poaching, murder, or random recklessness. Regardless, it had nothing what so ever to do with hunting.