Play .... is the wrong word.
As long as they act responsibly and only shoot democrats.
NO. Kids should NOT be allowed to play with BB guns.
Kids playing with a loaded AR15 near a mosque I think would be okay.
IMO, having grown up with and around guns, we had BB guns at a pretty young age and definitely knew not to point (much less shoot at) anyone with ANY kind of gun. Of course, we knew what a gun could do and knew not to fool around with them.
I'd say the gun is the least of the issues in this household..
sounds like this whole family is too stupid to have anything but puzzles to play with
Should they HAVE BB guns? YES, as soon as they are able to safely carry and operate them hands off.
Should they be allowed to PLAY with BB guns? Hell no. BB guns ARE NOT TOYS, contrary to The Christmas Story.
Sometime between 8 and 16 (ymmv) you’ll know if they are capable of enough responsibility to shoot under partial or minimal supervision, but until then no.
The question should be: "Should kids be allowed to play with BB guns?"
and not: Should the mother be thrown in prison and lose custody of her kids for allowing a violent sex offender to abuse her children?
The boy's stepfather, Christopher Fred Cady, a registered sex offender, decides he needs to teach his stepson a lesson, so he grabs the gun and shoots the boy in the chest. Pow!
I mean, really?
“The boy’s stepfather, Christopher Fred Cady, a registered sex offender, decides he needs to teach his stepson a lesson, so he grabs the gun and shoots the boy in the chest. Pow!”
Yep - definitly need to get rid of BB guns.
BTW - a BB gun is NOT a toy.
It depends on the child.
If the child is dependably responsible and the gun is treated not as a toy but as a training for future gun ownership, then yes. The pellet gun should be secured like a firearm, and the child should be supervised until the parent is certain that he can be trusted to use it responsibly.
Future gun ownership should proceed with a single shot .22 rifle, perhaps with a clip to be added later.
Sure they can play with them safely if the kid isn’t a total ahole.
If the kid is always doing stupid stuff causing problem don’t let him have it.
If he just shoots a bird here or there no biggie. If he shoots the dog’s eye out he/she needs his butt kicked. As long as he knows it is a priviledge, he may feel a sense of power.
This is a good time to find out if he can handle a little power. Better than waiting until he’s in the White house screwing up the world.
A BB gun isn’t going to kill anyone, if he/she totally screws it up slam it on the concrete to bend it up and chalk it up to lesson’s learned by you and him.
A little common sense is in order.
And 320,000 children are injured by bikes with 225 of those injuries being fatal.
What's your point?
I didn’t watch “A Christmas Story” this year, but I don’t seem to remember any autistic cousins, perverted uncles, or jail anywhere in the storyline.
Maybe their parents should have gotten them BB guns which are 3 times as safe as soccer balls.
With the proper training by an involved parent—yes. My brother and I both played with BB guns as young children. We never shot anybody, nor harmed ourselves.
Of course not....they may shoot their eye out.
Thanks for posting the article.
From article:
Everybody knows you’ll shoot your eye out - or get popped in the chest,” writes Todd Wright in NBC Miami’s Weird News column.
Well, Todd, Santa knows what NOT to get you for Christmas.
My 12 year old son got his first .22 for Christmas. Bought a scope for it today, with his own money. Someday he might save your whiny, liberal, coward ass from harm, so DEAL with it! Oh yeah, he’s an NRA member too. Oh yeah, he believes in God. What a danger to us all!!!
I spent many a joyful day with my pellet rifle. Best present I ever got. I never shot anyone’s eye out, though I do to this day feel some sorrow for how I treated the birds of western Pennsylvania.