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Mike Nelson

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8. Well...

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Sat Dec 4, 2021, 09:32 AM

Dec 2021

... I did get a BB gun for Christmas, once... and I was taught to shoot a real gun around that age. However, society and culture change. There are fewer places in the US where people hunt for their own food. Way fewer... Now, people hunt people. It's not appropriate to buy a gun for a 15-year-old. It's obvious... look around and turn on any - liberal or conservative - TV station. What are teenagers doing with guns? They are killing people! I would not want my teenager running around with a gun! In fact, I don't want anyone running around with a gun, other than expertly trained police officers!

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When I think of a Christmas gift for a 15 year-old... [View all] MissMillie Dec 2021 OP

My father & WWII generation of uncles, cousins grew up hunting. At most they'd get a bb gun at that hlthe2b Dec 2021 #1

And parents were apparently told by school their kid was looking to purchase ammunition LisaL Dec 2021 #3

A shotgun is really a poor choice for home defense. PTWB Dec 2021 #28

Especially if the kid is troubled. LisaL Dec 2021 #2

Sadly, I don't think they think their little darling has issues. Claustrum Dec 2021 #18

I grew up in rural Pennsylvania in the 1950s left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #4

Same in rural NJ. no_hypocrisy Dec 2021 #5

Grew up out west and duck hunted over 90 days a year DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #7

We were taught gun safety left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #12

Unfortunately that wasn't the case in my childhood community... hunter Dec 2021 #20

In that particular era, the NRA itself existed primarily as a GUN SAFETY ORGANIZATION. bullwinkle428 Dec 2021 #25

My 14th Christmas gift was a Remington .410 single shot, shot gun. About $30 from ... marble falls Dec 2021 #6

this! onethatcares Dec 2021 #15

The summer after that I worked as a "stoop" laboror on a 'muck farm' (big commercial ... marble falls Dec 2021 #22

Well... Mike Nelson Dec 2021 #8

Did you shoot your eye out? (n/t) MissMillie Dec 2021 #9

I see what you did there. nt Nay Dec 2021 #16

My nephew had a good friend who actually shot himself in the eye with a BB gun and it Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #21

"We want you to have Grandaddy's gun" babydollhead Dec 2021 #10

Gifts are fine. But they need to be secured. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #11

Not if your kid is troubled. LisaL Dec 2021 #13

Well sure, but the OP was more general than that. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #17

What?? You don't run out to get your emo/hormoney teenage son with the half-developed brain Wingus Dingus Dec 2021 #14

Reminiscent of cbabe Dec 2021 #19

A gun was a common Xmas gift when I was young Kaleva Dec 2021 #23

Me too. Texasgal Dec 2021 #24

Boys could take guns to school during hunting season. Kaleva Dec 2021 #29

I got hockey equipment at that age. maveric Dec 2021 #26

I'll take a wild stab jmowreader Dec 2021 #27