Guns should not be manufactured and marketed for children, period. Period.

[FlaGranny]

313. The arguments in this thread

made me think about comparing gun ownership for youngsters to driving a car. Think back to your teenage years and your experiences driving. Remember the screeching tires, the loud exhaust with the pedal to the metal? Remember the thrill of driving at 100 mph? Didn't your parents or someone else instruct you in careful, safe driving? Knowing things I've done (I was a pretty good kid), it's a wonder that most kids survive into adulthood. Why lower the odds?

In Oakland Park, FL, this weekend a 13-year-old boy found a loaded gun and shot his 6-year-old sister. He probably thought the gun was not loaded. They were home alone. Thankfully, the 6-year-old survived.

We are gun owners. Got our first one in our 40s and now have several. Got interested through a friend. Took the youngest to a shooting range when he was a teen, taught both about guns, but never gave them one. Our youngest is 42, oldest 53. Neither have seen fit to purchase a gun. Never once did we leave any gun out and not locked up if it was not in our physical possession. We still lock them up, and no longer have kids in the house, except for occasional visits by the grandkids.