No excuses for kids with guns, period

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | 16 Aug 06 | Eugene Kane

[thebaron512]

Actually the child should have been completely trained about gun safety and don't forget about the explaining (possible showing with a watermelon test) what can happen if one is careless with handling fire arms. I have hunted, since age 11-12.

[from occupied ga]

Not every kid says no to guns

[Vision]

No excuses for kids with guns, period

Where does this nitwit think our military comes from? Our best snipers don't come from cities.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Our kids got their lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for their first birthday. It's only $250 or so here and a great buy. We agree with your post. There is a boy down our road that we expect to be smoking hippie lettuce and other dumb things pretty soon, sadly enough. His dad told my husband that he is glad we live here, it is nice to have someone his son can look up to. We both thought, why doesn't he look up to you?

[jalisco555]

According to the book Freakonomics, kids are 100 times more likely to die at a house with a pool than at a house with a gun.

[WV Mountain Mama]

My husband still vividly remembers the demo of damage at Cub Scouts. They were using plywood, and he was stunned at the way it was shredded.

[Vision]

Eugene Kane...is the race-obsessed black columnist who was "nice" enough to compare President Bush to Tony Soprano

[RSmithOpt]

Is that a Marlin? I always wanted one of those from 8 on up. Best I had a Remington 5 shot bolt action, hey, but the squirrel meat was really good regardless. That Remington was very accurate .22.

[NonValueAdded]

Mine will get a Cricket when she's old enough. Egads, she wants the pink stock :)

[painter]

My first BB gun was "E" on that page. Daisy pump "Repeater". It shot hard enough to kill rabbits.

[absolootezer0]

i liked showing off this one..

[pageonetoo]

One of my favorite rifles, is a Daisy 880. It is a pump "BB", that can furnish almost as much initial muzzle velocity as a 22LR. Since mass is less, it can't go far, but it can take down a rat, when you can get a shot!

I live next to a state WMA, and walk there most days, with my dog, Spot. I keep a .357 on my hip. Yesterday, I saw Spot stiffen, and leap forward. I followed his line to the 200# (+/) black bear, which stood, then turned and ran down the mountain, out of my sight. Spot chased, as I called him back (smart/stupid dalmation). I didn't hear anything for almost a minute, but Spot came bounding back up the hill.

I took the safety strap off the pistol, when Spot took off. I wished I'd had a BIGGER gun with me! I prefer to even the odds against a bear! In more than five years of walking those hills, that's my first one! I've seen lots of bear shit, but that's the first time I saw a BIG black mass!

Spot's a good dog, but stupid sometimes, like the rest of us guys!!!

[Lurker]

It's a Henry Youth Model.

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[TXnMA]

...few truly innocent children...

Guess I "lost my 'innocence'" early on...

My training in gun safety started as soon as I could say, "gun". I started shooting a .22 rifle at six, and shooting a .22 revolver at eight. By the time I reached this kid's age, I had owned, cared for, and shot my very own .410 shotgun for two years. (It was my 11th birthday present -- and I passed it on to my own son* for his 11th birthday...)

To ignorant liberal weenies, "ignorance" equals "innocence" ...

* By the time "#1 Son" retired from the U.S.Army, (20 yrs) he had an "Expert" rating on virtually everything in the Army inventory that goes "BANG" -- up to and including heavy mortars and the TOW missile.

[EdReform]

Agreed. And every school should participate in the NRA's Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program

[TXnMA]

I have a Remington bolt action I was planning to cut down for training the grandkids. The "Cricketts" look like a nice alternative.

Do you know if they are grooved to take receiver ("peep") sights and/or other optical sights? Are they capable of shooting one-hole groups at ten meters?

[Joe Brower]

"They should be splashing in the pool, catching insects in a jar, flipping somersaults on an old mattress or throwing a football through a tire hanging from a tree."

My 8-year old boy does all that and more, including keeping them in the black with my .22lr bolt-action at 25 yards.

And due to my wife and mine's daily close parental supervision, he's still considerably more innocent than most kids his age.

Knowledge of firearms does not automatically imply "lost innocence" as this so-called "journalist" like to believe.

[gnarledmaw]

Im having trouble deciding between the Cricket and the Chipmunk. Had ou been familiar with Chipmunk? If so, might you be willing to comment on why you prefer the Cricket?

[NonValueAdded]

No, I wasn't familiar with the Chipmunk. Length of pull is the critical feature in first gun selection, with price a close second. Plus, I could get it new at WallyWorld for $108. Other features come into play once the basics are mastered and you're ready to step up the investment. I will take a look at the Chipmunk, though. Thanks.