Alright, I went back and read all the posts by Impureclient in this thread. By the way I read them these seem to be his main 'concerns'/'issues'/whatever you may choose to call them.
- Concerned about his children/any children talking about defensive plans with those other then their parents.
- Concern about the next kid that grabs a gun and goes on a shooting spree getting tips on what to use/how to shoot here.
- Inappropriate things for kids to see as far as he's concerned, such as threads covering headshots, potentially unsafe practices (sleeping with a gun under a pillow), and SHTF topics, anything involving shooting at another human being for any reason.
- Kids getting advice for a straw purchase.
I'm going to respond to each of these individually personally.
First one, I don't think ANYONE here claims to be a master tactician and can plan for every contingency concerning defense of every home out there, most of them probably not even every contingency for their own home. If a youngster whose parents trust him enough with a gun he has access to chooses to come in here and discuss their plans, and ask for help with contingencies, good on them I say. They should plan it out with their family too, but getting help with the ideas could very well help them protect themselves/their families down the line. I also think that almost every post in one of those threads always includes something about making sure the entire family knows the plan so none of them get shot accidently. If they follow the advice, then I can't see the harm in it.
Second one, I honestly think we'd all recognize if a kid was just trying to get help on ideas to go on a shooting spree, and even if we didn't, well, I don't think that's the type of kid whose going to come out and say he's 15, and wants to go to the mall to shoot it up...I also can't really think of any situation that anyone can justify asking about what the best position in a school/mall/whatever is to hole up and 'hold off' large amounts of people without arousing almost everyone heres suspicions, and the thread getting locked. For this site, the second one is pretty much a silly suggestion.
Third one, inappropriate topics for kids to see, based on what you wrote seems to include anything SHTF related, shooting another human for any reason, and potentially unsafe practices with guns. Well, as far as SHTF, they don't tend to last too long around here, and seem to mainly concern what the best gun for it is, wheres the best place to hole up/whats the best stuff to stock up with for it, where to avoid, things like that...honestly, it's just silly fantasy/nightmares to me. I also don't see where the harm here is. Especially since as far as the best gun, no one ever settles on just one. If you're worried about this in relation to number 2, well, I think any gun is a bit of a concern for a kid to get and take to shoot people, but given the games they play, I think they're more likely to pick a gun that looks like that 'uber great gun from COD4!' then they are to go and get advice on whats best for home defense or taking down a certain type of game.... I also think, that given the games that most kids play, that shooting a human isn't a taboo subject to them, since they have games they do it in all the time. Its also possible that they're mature enough that they know someday they may need to, and discussing it really isn't going to hurt their psyche anyways. As for the unsafe practices though, well, thats why the threads are THERE, to discuss whether they're unsafe or not. If the kids reading about it and it seems to be popular consent that it's unsafe, they're probably not going to be the one that does it, as opposed to the kid who just thinks "Cool! I should hide a gun under my pillow!" and just goes and does it.
Finally, point four. I really wouldn't consider a kid giving their parent money so the parent can buy a gun for them a straw purchase. As long as the parents in control of the gun, it's their gun....we're not talking about buying a gun for a felon, or Joe from the corner. This is a gun that's going to stay in the same house as the parent that bought it. I also think it shows maturity that the kids saving the money for their own gun. I also don't think the BATFE would consider a parent buying their kid a gun to be a straw purchase...though I have no written opinion from them on that, I haven't exactly seen a court case saying it's illegal or heard to many people claim it is before....
Well, I THINK I hit all your main points, if I missed any, or completly misread your posts, well, I'm sorry, but I tried. In closing I'd just like to sum up all the above as basically reading "There really isn't any harm I can think of coming out of a under-18 member reading this forum, based on what I read your beliefs on what you believe the harm could be."