So is speeding. Would you suggest manslaughter charges for a parent that did not lock up the keys of their M5 and their kid goes off the end of a runway at night killing himself and four other friends when he wrapped the car around a tree at 150mph+? I hope so since a car is just as lethal and legal as a pistol. I was in South Florida when this happened years back.
We made speeding illegal and police it. I'm ok with that.
Like this:
@172andyou answered this statement
by writing this
Which was an unrelated statement having nothing to do with reading manuals. So why that response? Well,...
And so the downward spiral began....
As an avid hunter and competitive long range shooter I agree with you on the education. I received mine from parents who were avid hunters. Many people purchase firearms with zero education on safe operation of such. I don't think insurance will benefit many except the insurance market; the very few accidents caused by legal gun owners pale in comparison to the carnage caused by criminal use. That demographic would not be buying insurance.
I'll take the W on agreeing about education.
Interesting comment; I did not know this was a competition. Top of the day to you also.I'll take the W on agreeing about education.
Have a great rest of your afternoon.
Many states do require a firearms safety class before obtaining a handgun permit, and a hunting safety class before obtaining a hunting license. I had to take both at different times, in CT.
Not a competition. It's always a win when people can agree on things.
Did you find them to be useful and educational? Or simplified to the point of not having value? The ones I've seen didn't really provide much value. Happy to be shown some that do so we can use them as prototypes nation wide.
Well, the drivers’ education clearly isn’t working, either.
Because it's done once, when people are teenagers, then never again.
I guess it would be circumstantial. I started shooting a .22 at age 6, a .410 shotgun age 7 hunting squirrels/ducks with my father. For my 8th birthday I was given a highpower hunting rifle to shoot deer while hunting with my father or grandfather in Texas. By 8 years of age I was hunting small game with my .410 solo on family property. I advanced up in gauge/caliber as I got older. Interestingly, my father had one .22 mag pistol that I only saw him shoot once. We were forbidden to shoot it...and don't even ask to. Under the proper circumstances I think a 5 or 6 year old could be educated on firearm use and safety and shoot under adult supervision. This is not unusual in my neck of the woods. Those who were not raised around firearms would probably report me to CPS for child endangerment.
The main takeaway from the hunting class was lots of "shoot or don't shoot" scenarios where they pause the video to ask the question of the students, then zoom in to reveal what was beyond the target. That had value (actually the whole class did as I didn't grow up hunting). The pistol class was less useful as I'd been around firearms for years, as had my wife and friend (we 3 were the only students). The only reason we took the class was to get a concealed carry permit. The instructor recognized that we already knew most of what he was teaching so it was rather informal. I imagine he would have been more rigorous with inexperienced students.
She’s not that special.
No need to sugarcoat it…tell us your real opinion.
My daughter was shooting at age 6-7, closely supervised of course and taught the cardinal rules. She had zero issues other than the fact that she was shooting my dad’s old Marlin 22, which was a bit long for her to shoulder. I mainly wanted to take her shooting to allow her to feel and see the results of pulling a trigger, hoping that she’d be better informed in the event she was at a friends house and someone made the poor decision to play with a gun the parents left accessible (ie, she’d discourage it, or if that didn’t work, get out of the situation and tell an adult.
Wait…what do you have against toasters?
Most of them have very poor navigation skills.
I don't know... mine is always exactly where it's supposed to be.
They set off the smoke detector.
As some here know, I fly a lot of kids in the EAA Young Eagle program. I'm always delighted most of these first-timers keep the airplane level and headed in the right direction usually with very few small reminders from me. Example, if I see them climbing or descending too much, I remind them where the nose of the airplane should be compared to the horizon (advantage of going east from Denver - all flat land!)
