WalkingWolf
Regular Member
But that's how you make yourself look good in front of those who drink the Kool Aide.
Why impress the enemy? What's so effing important about trying to look good to hatemongers who want you dead anyway?
This is why I give up on humanity.
This was negligence. Yes. Deserving of shame. Yes.
But, not excommunication. It only adds to the cult framing created by the slandering anti's... Played right into their hand...
Getting shot in the back by your own dumb brat.
By 5, my son had already fired my 1911. He may not have fully grasped the concept. But he knew that you definitely don't point it at people, and you definitely don't put your finger on the trigger.
Why?
Because starting a kid out on a .22lr hand gun gives them the impression that it's a toy and no big deal. Just like all the shooting stuff on TV Shows and Video Games does. It confirms that misinformation instead of teaching them a lesson. Totality of input. You parked him in front of the TV, didn't you? So, you must want him to believe what it's saying...
I coached him on how much it was going to "kick." That he was, in fact, too small to handle it. Be ready. Be prepared. We did a half dozen dry runs. Then, 1 round in the chamber, no magazine. His arms were ready, but his feet were not. I intentionally didn't correct him. He ended up on his butt. With a deep respect for the thing, not fear. 13 years later, he's got his first 80% 1911 frame in the works. And I never put a single gun "away," locked it in a safe, or even unloaded them. He has better trigger finger discipline than anyone. No qualifier.
Parenting... There should be a procreation license...
When I grew up my introduction to firearms was hunting, I started out with just a bb gun. Not that it killed anything, but it was part of me learning safety skills. I learned hunting that guns can, and do kill, and they have a purpose. It does not take much for a child to realize that lifeless game that had been shot would mean lifeless family members if they are shot.
Add to that most of the people I knew in our neighborhood were elderly. I spent a lot of evenings going to wakes, and funerals, it gave me a clear understanding of death that was not the same as TV portrayed.
Today hunting skills are not taught like they used to be, most of youth the closest they get is playing a hunting video game. All their food comes from a grocery store. I do realize hunting is not practical for many because of he loss of hunting land. Though in many places it would not be hard buying a free range chicken, and having he child hunt it for dinner.
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