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[+] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)
  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Having a .22 under the Christmas tree and having unsupervised access to it are two very different things. I know plenty of people who got rifles for their younger children but keep them in a safe with their own guns until the kids are older.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The parents are on trial for manslaughter because they gave their kid a gun like you might give your kid an action figure, with zero restrictions or teaching about respect for life whatsoever. There is a right way to handle kid's access to guns and many wrong ways.

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  • [+] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Calm down and stop using straw man arguments. The only one acting offended here is you.

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  • [+] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Why don't you learn to read?

    Because I was actually fucking agreeing with you.

    Yes, IMO these parents do need to be, as you put it, evaluated, so that we can tell apart the responsible tutors from the irresponsible asshats like the woman who got charged.

    We have evaluation systems for firearms literally everywhere else in the world. Fuck, in the US, you have evaluation systems for cars but not fucking guns.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Being gifted a gun is not being given unrestricted access to that weapon. I was gifted a shotgun at 15 and I never saw it unless my dad was present. It stayed in his safe until we went shooting together. When I moved out and showed him my own safe was ready, I got it from him and that was that.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I gave my kid a BB gun, but it stays in a safe. I also gave my son a pocket knife for camping that stays in my night stand unless we are camping.

    You can give something to a kid without letting them have unsupervised access. I gave my kids steam decks, but limit their screen time.

    I agree the original comment lacked specificity. You could gift a gun in a responsible or irresponsible way, and I've seen both.

    Edit: and the comment about gifting a rifle also mentioned that in their personal situation they had to have a parent to use it.

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