I'm as pro gun as they come.
The other day though I delivered pizza to a house, and a kid about 8 years old answered the door with the check (with tip thankfully, usually when a kid answeres the door, BOHICA). There were other children, some smaller in there playing around. I sensed parental presence, but I didn't see any parents.
What I did see was some form of repeating shotgun leaning in the corner by the stairs. All I could see was the bottom so I couldn't tell its condition.
I also saw some mounted game birds.
It struck me as refreshing to see someone that owns guns and is not trying to hide it. However the gun and the kids thing bothered me. Do you think kids can be trained to be safe around guns at such a young age?
When I reached ten years old it was my implicit duty to keep the guns clean and make sure they were all working periodically. But if you had seen the same houshold, what kind of judgement would you have passed?
The other day though I delivered pizza to a house, and a kid about 8 years old answered the door with the check (with tip thankfully, usually when a kid answeres the door, BOHICA). There were other children, some smaller in there playing around. I sensed parental presence, but I didn't see any parents.
What I did see was some form of repeating shotgun leaning in the corner by the stairs. All I could see was the bottom so I couldn't tell its condition.
I also saw some mounted game birds.
It struck me as refreshing to see someone that owns guns and is not trying to hide it. However the gun and the kids thing bothered me. Do you think kids can be trained to be safe around guns at such a young age?
When I reached ten years old it was my implicit duty to keep the guns clean and make sure they were all working periodically. But if you had seen the same houshold, what kind of judgement would you have passed?