My firend’s dad, a Vietnam vet, taught me how to aim properly with a BB gun standing and on the ground when I was 6. This was in the 80s, and no one cared.
Now you find one in the woods and you have a police investigation? Did they get a grief counselor too?
In my early years I owned several “real” guns and yes, a genuine Red Ryder, lever action BB gun. Amazingly throuh all those years,(almost 70 now) never once did one of those guns jump up and shoot at anything. Infact, some of those guns were loaded at the time but alas, no harm came to anything be it animal, bird or human. Now why do you suppose that ohappened all those years?
Some poor kid lost his BB gun in the woods (unloaded to boot) and will never find it again. It is a sad country we have become.
Some poor kid lost his BB gun in the woods (unloaded to boot) and will never find it again. It is a sad country we have become.
Some poor kid lost his BB gun in the woods (unloaded to boot) and will never find it again. It is a sad country we have become.
In my earlier years, I owned several guns including a genuine Red Ryder, lever action BB gun. Infact, during long periods of time, many of those guns were indeed, loaded. Not once in all those years did one of my guns jup up and shoot a bird, animal or a human. And, at that same time my wife and I raised two boys and never once did THEY misuse or handle those guns without my being there. (There were consequences and they know/knew it).
A child that is taught from an early age that a gun is a “tool” and nothing to be played with, much like a chain saw and other dangerous equipment will have respect for that tool and not infringe on the right to use and enjoy that tool when the time comes. People in this country have lost all perspective to reality and for that, I have grave concerns. We have become a nation of whimps indeed.
Same here. I learned gun safety and how to shoot when I was 8 by taking a course offered by the JayCees. After the course they had a drawing and gave away 2 Daisy BB guns. I was one of the winners which was great since my parents had steadfastly refused to buy me a BB gun. Since I had the gun they bought me a cool target to shoot at with moving ducks and flying birds and everything!