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50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« on: October 27, 2008, 10:25:32 AM »
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50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
 1. Drive a car
2. Drink a beer
3. watch porn
4. use curse words
5. have a fist fight
6. play tackle football
7. travel alone to meet relatives
8. view an autopsy
9. watch an "R" rated movie
10. Take a drag on a cigarette.

...as a matter of fact, my 8 year old would NEVER hold a gun! When he reaches, 16, 17, 18, then we can talk. ****ing nuts.
 

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Talk about screwed up priorities. :mental:
 
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2008, 11:23:37 AM »
Quote from: Tucker13 on October 27, 2008, 10:25:32 AM
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Talk about screwed up priorities. :mental:
 


So the fact that my 8 yr old will likely be getting his first .22 for Christmas would make this guys head explode?   Cool!

(oh, and he already plays tackle football, and is great at it!)
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2008, 12:50:10 PM »
Quote from: Flame on November 03, 2008, 11:23:37 AM
So the fact that my 8 yr old will likely be getting his first .22 for Christmas would make this guys head explode?   Cool!

(oh, and he already plays tackle football, and is great at it!)

I guess telling this asshat my 12 year old grandaughter is after her first deer this year would send it to the rubber room for a "vacation"!  :-) :-)
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2008, 08:01:06 AM »
The most I've done is shoot my dads shotgun and rifle at a turkey shoot, but now I'm thinking I need to get my permits real soon.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2008, 05:37:15 PM »
Quote from: Tnafbrat on November 06, 2008, 08:01:06 AM
The most I've done is shoot my dads shotgun and rifle at a turkey shoot, but now I'm thinking I need to get my permits real soon.

If you have to have permits then you're probly livin' in the wrong state!
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2008, 12:52:53 PM »
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8. Hope you enjoy the Democratic majority
 while it lasts. More gun control is exactly what the Republicans need to get back in power.

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He didn't get a pizza. :o
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2008, 01:27:23 PM »
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2009, 02:33:58 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on November 06, 2008, 05:37:15 PM
If you have to have permits then you're probly livin' in the wrong state!
My carry concealed permit   :rotf:
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2009, 09:40:37 PM »
For my tenth birthday I got a .22, that was 1970.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2009, 09:56:23 PM »
Well I guess I must be a bad mother. How can this idiot even compare porn to shooting (we shoot targets a lot more than Bambi or the extra rooster). My boys used to compare whose turkey had the biggest portion of its head blown off. I have nothing against porn but an 8 year old boy is just not equipped to deal with that yet. What the hell is wrong with these people!

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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2009, 10:37:04 PM »
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What the hell is wrong with these people!

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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2009, 10:50:01 PM »
I think all my kids had shot a gun by 8 years...except maybe the youngest.  I'd have to ask her.  However, she throws a mean tomahawk at the black powder rendezvous...probably something that's not DUmmie-approved either.   :-)

I can guarantee that they had done these things, too...

1. Drive a car {with help}
2. Drink a {taste of} beer
4. use curse words
5. have a fist fight {maybe not by 8, but not much later}
6. play tackle football
9. watch an "R" rated movie

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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2009, 09:39:32 AM »
Ha.

My 4 1/2 year old has (with daddy's help and supervision) discharged my .45 at the firing range (we've got his "bad guy" target posted on his wall as a memento of how good he did).  At 4 1/2, he's learning the "4 Rules" and treats daddy's firearms accordingly.  When he is asked (doesn't matter who's asking) what guns are for, he will alternately answer, "To shoot bad guys", or "To shoot yummy deers".

My 4 1/2 year old is more emotionally mature than a DUmmy (like that's a surprise).

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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2009, 12:46:30 PM »
I should post pictures of my then six year old at the firing range. :cheersmate:
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2009, 12:59:41 PM »
My daughter got a single shot bolt action kids model rifle at age 8.

My son is going to be learning to use it this summer at age 7.

At least my kids will be able to kill and canabalize your whole moonbat family when the apocalypse comes.
Fatten 'em up on tofu for us willya? kthnx.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2009, 01:11:41 PM »
I'm gonna have ya all beat, if I get my way--The Heiress will start shooting soon.  She's 16--months.

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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2009, 01:15:18 PM »
First time I fired a gun I was 7 years old.  Fired a 12 gauge shotgun at a pine cone my dad had set up on a tree stump.  Knocked me on my ass.

From day 1 he taught me responsible use of weapons.  I was hunting on my own by the time I was 14.  I've never had any fire arm accident, I treat them with all the respect they deserve, and I'll make sure that my kids are properly trained in their use as well.

It's people like this DUmmie that allow accidents to happen.  Hiding them from their kids is only going to end up glorifying the weapon to them.  Teach them at an early age to respect the weapon, and everything will be fine.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2009, 03:34:42 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on February 18, 2009, 01:15:18 PM
First time I fired a gun I was 7 years old.  Fired a 12 gauge shotgun at a pine cone my dad had set up on a tree stump.  Knocked me on my ass.

From day 1 he taught me responsible use of weapons.  I was hunting on my own by the time I was 14.  I've never had any fire arm accident, I treat them with all the respect they deserve, and I'll make sure that my kids are properly trained in their use as well.

It's people like this DUmmie that allow accidents to happen.  Hiding them from their kids is only going to end up glorifying the weapon to them.  Teach them at an early age to respect the weapon, and everything will be fine.

I have always taught my kids and grandkids, there is no such thing as an unloaded weapon! They have learned that lesson well.

After all an empty weapon is no more effective than a baseball bat. Never bring a bat to a gunfight!

I have three grandkids going hunting for turkey, ducks, geese, deer, and elk this year. The oldest is 13!
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2009, 03:59:03 PM »
My 8 yr old is going to a hunter safety course next month...
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2009, 09:45:25 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on February 18, 2009, 01:15:18 PM
First time I fired a gun I was 7 years old.  Fired a 12 gauge shotgun at a pine cone my dad had set up on a tree stump.  Knocked me on my ass.

From day 1 he taught me responsible use of weapons.  I was hunting on my own by the time I was 14.  I've never had any fire arm accident, I treat them with all the respect they deserve, and I'll make sure that my kids are properly trained in their use as well.

It's people like this DUmmie that allow accidents to happen.  Hiding them from their kids is only going to end up glorifying the weapon to them.  Teach them at an early age to respect the weapon, and everything will be fine.



I think every intelligent father makes their child's first experience with a gun similar to yours - my dad set me up on his .30-06 to a similar effect in my formative days.  I think if they get it in their head early the magnitude of the power unleashed with a seemingly simple pull of the trigger, it puts a whole different perspective on things.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2009, 12:24:18 PM »
Quote from: Tnafbrat on January 28, 2009, 02:33:58 PM
My carry concealed permit   :rotf:

Still living in the wrong state. lol

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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2009, 12:41:52 PM »
At 8 my Father tought me to shoot, with a .22 Winchester Mdl. 67 that my Grandfather had bought new. I still have it. When I was 14 he replaced his 12 Ga Belgian double with a 20 gage Browning superposed lightning. He gave me the Liege 12 Ga., still have that too.

Eight is a good age to start teaching responsibility, and firearms safety and responsibility is a great place to start.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2009, 11:45:02 AM »
I fired my first gun at the age of SIX!! If I recall, it was a Berrreta 9MM. Of course, I had parental supervision. I now live within 500 yards of where this happened.
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2009, 05:37:28 PM »
Quote from: Thor on February 21, 2009, 11:45:02 AM
I fired my first gun at the age of SIX!! If I recall, it was a Berrreta 9MM. Of course, I had parental supervision. I now live within 500 yards of where this happened.

Hmm . . . with the proper elevation, you could hit that spot with that 9mm!  :tongue:
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Re: 50. Things I would let my 8 year old do before handling ANY gun
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2009, 05:39:53 PM »
I'm all for DUmmies not training their offspring in the violent arts. It makes killing them that much easier.
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