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Sancho

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2. Just like they used to do with cigarettes...guns are marketed to young people now.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 2, 2021, 06:34 AM

Apr 2021

There is little or no supervision or training. Shooting for "fun" becomes a "hobby".

Unsupervised and untrained teenagers with guns. What could go wrong??

This is VERY difference from the culture that I remember from the 50s and 60s.

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Georgia high school senior fatally shot by friend during target practice [View all] Sancho Apr 2021 OP

Making guns "fun," and "recreational," and an instrument of death, a "prized gift..." hlthe2b Apr 2021 #1

Just like they used to do with cigarettes...guns are marketed to young people now. Sancho Apr 2021 #2

Locking JudyM Apr 2021 #3