OT: why do some american parents buy their minors guns?

[CardiffBaseball]

I used to make a drive from the Warren, Ohio area down to a consulting gig around the Pissburgh airport. I had many close calls with deer, and apparently several others did so the Ohio/PA Fish and Game folks had to up the bag limit for a couple of years. All of this is managed pretty smoothly if you ask me. The Deer were more than flourishing.

I am not, and have never hunted. Not a part of the gun culture one iota and I am grateful for hunting season when I am up there.

Lastly for a blue collar family where the old man is making $12-13/hour and mom is making $7-8, a deer or two goes a long way throughout the winter. Deer tacos, venison steaks, venison helper (cheesburger macaroni), etc.

[The OC Scam]

It appears that there is a general agreement from all the comments that our society should keep parents responsible for providing a weapon to a child that could take another humans life. Whether you take your children hunting or target practice then you should have that weapon secure when not in use and if that weapon is found to be left out with bullets accessible to children then the parent should face the court of law.

I completely disagree with the comment that we as a society cannot stop unruly parents that provide drugs, guns and mentioned prostitution with their children. First as if to say a lot of parents fall within this category is a fallacy. This type of parent mentioned would fall within a very small percentage and I’m sure in most communities they stand out and the neighbors are completely aware of their lifestyle.

In my neighborhood there is one such family in fact last week their 15 year old drove drunk into a house. But I ask myself what could we do to help? Who is willing to reach out? The parent that allowed those keys to lay out while passed high on dope should be behind bars. The 15 year old will just pass through the system becoming ever so numb to life and our world until he finds a gun loaded unsecured in his mothers bedroom ……?

I agree to have the right to arm is a right we should keep but which law will put the parent behind to stop their ideology of negligence.

[The OC Scam]

It appears that there is a general agreement from all the comments that our society should keep parents responsible for providing a weapon to a child that could take another humans life. Whether you take your children hunting or target practice then you should have that weapon secure when not in use and if that weapon is found to be left out with bullets accessible to children then the parent should face the court of law.

I completely disagree with the comment that we as a society cannot stop unruly parents that provide drugs, guns and mentioned prostitution with their children. First as if to say a lot of parents fall within this category is a fallacy. This type of parent mentioned would fall within a very small percentage and I’m sure in most communities they stand out and the neighbors are completely aware of their lifestyle.

In my neighborhood there is one such family in fact last week their 15 year old drove drunk into a house. But I ask myself what could we do to help? Who is willing to reach out? The parent that allowed those keys to lay out while passed high on dope should be behind bars. The 15 year old will just pass through the system becoming ever so numb to life and our world until he finds a gun loaded unsecured in his mothers bedroom ……?

I agree to have the right to arm is a right we should keep but which law will put the parent behind to stop their ideology of negligence.

[Navydoc]

“If we could trust parents to do everything we wouldn’t even need a juvenile penal system”

I can’t believe you wrote that. Are you saying you want the government to raise our children? I trust them far less than I trust the nation’s parents. Sorry to say, but I believe parents should be responsible for the raising of their children. I am enough of a realist to know that perfection in a free society is not possible. Taking away my rights and privileges to punish those that can’t meet their parental responsibilities isn’t fair, and sure feels like communism.

And by the way, Pennsylvania has maintained the largest whitetail deer herd in the nation per square mile through well-managed conservation and controlled hunting. And yes, I grew up quite poor, and the months of venison that we enjoyed after a successful deer season meant we could heat our home in the winters. The winters there were sure a lot colder than the ones in San Diego.

[Navydoc]

“If we could trust parents to do everything we wouldn’t even need a juvenile penal system”

I can’t believe you wrote that. Are you saying you want the government to raise our children? I trust them far less than I trust the nation’s parents. Sorry to say, but I believe parents should be responsible for the raising of their children. I am enough of a realist to know that perfection in a free society is not possible. Taking away my rights and privileges to punish those that can’t meet their parental responsibilities isn’t fair, and sure feels like communism.

And by the way, Pennsylvania has maintained the largest whitetail deer herd in the nation per square mile through well-managed conservation and controlled hunting. And yes, I grew up quite poor, and the months of venison that we enjoyed after a successful deer season meant we could heat our home in the winters. The winters there were sure a lot colder than the ones in San Diego.

[no_such_reality]

You can’t hide a cache of cars for months and stick a couple in your jacket and go on a killing spree in the High School cafeteria.

Yeah, but you need only one to plow through a pedestrian farmers market harming just as many.

Guns aren’t the problem, negligance and mental health are.

BTW, maybe you want to check out the UK and their burgeoning gun crime problem inspite of strict gun control.

[no_such_reality]

You can’t hide a cache of cars for months and stick a couple in your jacket and go on a killing spree in the High School cafeteria.

Yeah, but you need only one to plow through a pedestrian farmers market harming just as many.

Guns aren’t the problem, negligance and mental health are.

BTW, maybe you want to check out the UK and their burgeoning gun crime problem inspite of strict gun control.

[NotCranky]

Forget it!

[NotCranky]

Forget it!

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