Hi Mitch -
You don't have to convince me -- I have to convince my daughter! All
the years of propaganda beaten into her by her so-called teachers failed to
mention what might happen when a very inquisitive little boy (my g'son to a
T) finds a gun somewhere - in the street, in someones house or his dads
closet - they *must* know how to either 1. leave it alone or 2., Unload
it - and really know when it's unloaded as the 10 yr olds friend seemed to
know.
To me, getting a bb gun when between 6 & 10 is a right of passage just
like getting your 1st pocket knife. Sure, some kids in cities don't have
the opportunity to target shoot & plink those in the country do - but there
are places the parents could take them so they could shoot them and learn
something that will stay with them their whole life. When they graduate to
a .22 or shotgun they will know what the power of a gun really is. Seeing
it on TV is not convincing no matter how much fake blood they throw around.
You're 100% correct -- a child who isn;t taght the proper way to respect
a firearm is an accidnt waiting to happen. Now, there;s going to be some on
this list who will say "I didn;t have training and I didn;t get shot."
Count yourself lucky. Frtunately, gun accidents among children under 14 is
incredibly low - the anti gun people claim a incredibly high number which
can only be justified when "Children" are defined as being up to 24 years
old which includes those who participate in gangs and drugs - both very
dangerous activities - because the real stat is fewer children are killed by
guns than drown in bath tubs every year. I wonder why we don't hear a cry
to ban bath tubs?
Anyway -- I see your point -- ;-)
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT:Unified Germany - I thought the communists lost
> LarryT wrote:
>> I hope to convince my daughter that me teaching him how to shoot
>> would be a positive thing.
>
> If you don't teach him, he's just another statistic waiting to happen.
> Here's an example that really happened: 10 year old gets permission to
> go home with a latchkey after school. Latchkey goes to parents bedroom,
> comes out with a loaded 12ga. Visiting kid unloads it and puts it on the
> parent's bed with the action open. Do you want your grandson to be like
> the visitor in this story, or the poor kid in the morgue?
>
> Mitch.
>
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