NRA: 'Children Can Have Fun At The Shooting Range'

That looks like the Barstow area.

 

Liberals...the only people capable of posting stuff like this while claiming that they are open minded and tolerant.

 

Nice way to miss an entire point. Pools at private residences do not have lifeguards, and cars in general kill daily whether it's a young or old person driving Do you know how many people died in car accidents today? Far more than anyone at a gun range.

 

Nope. Don't even have my PAL. I always went with my Dad and Grandpa.

 

A 9-year old can absolutely be at a shooting range and can absolutely learn to shoot safely. That is not the issue.

I agree with you that a full automatic machine gun is not a good choice for a 9-year old to be shooting, especially if said 9-year old has zero prior experience shooting a gun.

I promise you this is not the fault of the NRA, they aren't the parents of the 9-year old and it's not the fault of the Uzi as it had no say-so in the matter....so who did?

The parents.

The range instructor.

The parents, by all rights made the decision to let the child shoot the gun.

The instructor did his job because supposedly the age limit at the range is 8-years old.

Now...was the decision by the parents "smart"....not especially, but in their defense (a little) I can understand how they may allow it under the assumption that the range instructor was competent.

The decision by the range to allow 8-year olds to shoot machine guns is probably the point of failure in all this.

 

Better keep them out of cars too, huh? Average of 6 died each day from automobiles in 2003. 694 were injured each day. Source: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809762.pdf

 

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You can get therapy for your obvious fears of rape, and you can take a martial arts course like Tai Quan Do which promotes self protection, or one of the more lethal martial arts courses if you are out to really hurt somebody. You can learn to gouge a potential rapist's eyes out with the stiletto heel of your shoe...and if your really want to cripple someone for life, join a martial arts studio with a lesbian coach....

 

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You have been indoctrinated by someone...are you saying that it was your Dad and Grandpa?

 

8 children per day? Hogwash. Unsubstantiated.

 

I am a second degree black belt as well. I do not have a mental problem but I will be ready to protect myself or my family against any criminal. But you think I am being silly? Hope you are never attacked by someone who wants to hurt you or kill you, or better yet an intruder breaking into your house during the night with intent on harming your family. Maybe you can throw a cactus at them.

 

Or, you can choose to carry a gun...which is way smarter than pretending to be Chuck Norris.

 

We've got to rely on the next generation to keep the US "Wild West".

 

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First you say that 'absolutely' a 9-year-old can be at a shooting range and can learn to shoot safely, THEN you say: 'assuming' that the range instructor was competent. Then you say that it was not the fault of the NRA...who runs a profit making gun industry (and owns Congress) and the shooting ranges,,, then you place the blame on parents!!

It is the fault of the NRA because they tell Congress what to do concerning laws pertaining to firearms...and they actually send Congressmen report cards each session on how they are graded on laws they have blocked, changed, altered to allow loopholes beneficial to them. At fault also are the parents that are not taking their responsibilities toward their children seriously enough due to their own NRA programmed paranoia.

The NRA brainwashes parents, who then brainwash their children to become NRA addicts, while the NRA dreams about a future uprising where the leader of the NRA takes over the White House with the help of the children's militia...then demands everyone return their firearms to the White House for resale overseas. Thus, we have lost control over our kids, our lives, our government, our White House, and the fun of voting every two years to a profit making industry that cares nothing about us, being preoccupied by the force of greater power.

But enough of that kind of fantasy..we need strict gun laws, with only the mentally fit having recourse to firearms for specific reasons...and a Congress that will stand up for the safety, well-being, and pursuit of happiness for every American citizen.

 

lol Indoctrination eh? Yes, I was brainwashed into believing that Guns can be handled safely. I stand in lockstep with all safety advocates of the world, as we destroy the human race with our practices.

rofl

 

In this country everyday parents make CHOICES to allow their children to partake in something that is dangerous. Some would argue that it's riding in a car, on the back of a motorcycle (I have seen it), or shooting. I all of these areas and the others I haven't named children die. Sad but true. Ultimately it is the parents choice though to determine the risk of the action.

It also bothers me A LOT that a person in this forum is telling people how to parent. Do I believe some people do a pi$$ poor job.....hell yes, but in the end we all have the right to have children and raise them in the lawful way we see fit. The fact that a person feels they know how a child should be raised is an Indoctrination in itself since all children would be raised the same way if you disagreed.

 

Does that mean you could not own a gun?

 

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Sweetie, unless you live in the ghetto, you can just buy a pit bull and get all the protection you will need from any intruder. I myself have an alarm system that when a window or door is cracked, a recording of a huge dog barks ferociously and a man's voice snarls "Quiet, Fido", and then there is a knock which heralds the Security Guy stopping to ask 'Wassup'...

But I wouldn't throw any of my Cacti at anyone, because I love plants and flowers and my cat Buddy loves to play with them.

 

If you believe that all of the people that follow the NRA, are brainwashed then you must also believe that anyone that follows in organization or belief are brainwashed in it. Which implies that you have been brainwashed into believing the democratic party is right....or wrong.

To also believe that the NRA is responsible is to also believe that McDonald's is responsible for the obesity rate in the United States. People make choices everyday that may or may not be healthy for them, but the belief that a company or organization is responsible for something is to believe that a person is not responsible for the actions they take. Which I believe is a big problem in this country. If people would take more responsibility for their choices we would be in a much better place.

The (pick your blame) didn't screw up your life......you did!

 

No, that is not precisely what I said...can you not comprehend English?

I never said a "9-year old can learn to shoot safely assuming the range instructor is competent"....that is not what I said at all.

Did you happen to notice any punctuation in my post? Were you able to separate the sentences and their meaning to shooting in general and the ones specific to this incident? Apparently not.

Nice emotional, unsubstantiated hyperbole....borderline conspiracy theory ranting.

Speaking of mentally fit....either come up with some corroborating facts and documentation or stop your psychotic conspiracies. Do you have any idea how crazy you sound right now?

If you can't and insist on this bizarre ranting, a MOD will probably have to shut you off.

 

Hmm, the murder rate is at a low point (and, yes, most murders are done by guns). The last time they were as low as they have been the last two or three yrs, is in the early1960s. There is no epidemic of gun violence. Pretty much, in the U.S., if you stay away from gangs and illegal drugs, you won't be murdered.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0873729.html

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Only if you count 18 and 19 yr olds as children, and suicides are part of that stat. If you count what I consider to be children, the number is less than half of that. Also, anybody that uses raw numbers vs. rates, IMHO, is trying to exaggerate stats.

 

And why shouldn't she be fearful? One out of six women is sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime. It sounds like you are the one that needs therapy

Why the lesbian reference? What a weird and homophobic thing to say. I'm not sure whether to interpret that as only lesbians learn martial arts (which would mean you think there is something abnormal about lesbians, making you a homophobe by definition), that you are attempting to portray the person you responded to as being a lesbian (meaning you feel that calling someone a lesbian is an insult, again making you a homophobe by definition) or whether you don't really know what to say so you are just being stupid as though that is your defense mechanism when people destroy the silly assertions you make but can't support.

 

People kill people. Guns are merely a tool used by criminals, the irresponsible, and mentally-deranged people to commit crimes. You can't walk up to an un-manned gun and say, "kill." It won't do anything, as long as there's not a person behind it. Your statement is not logical; it is completely incorrect.

 

It seems that more kids die from firearms than from automobiles.

 

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I have never applied for a gun because there are already enough guns due to lax gun laws, but with my high IQ I would have no trouble getting one if I chose to become another NRA lackey. With strict gun laws, I believe there would be a major necessity to turn-in of firearms because of all the mentally unfit gun owners in America today.

 

So much truth.