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In reply to the discussion: 9-Year-Old's Uzi Tragedy Reveals Wild World Of Gun Tourism [View all]Call Me Wesley
(38,187 posts)Don't give guns to kids. Period. There will be once the second you miss looking. And yes, I had a .22 when I was a kid.
And if anyone know objects and thinks that if 'technicalities, like safety and bruhaha' will prevent such an incident (just an individual, single incident, can't blame anyone for it, anyway, like playing with toy trains, accidents can happen anywhere,) then let me show you this gem (don't ask my why it was made golden and silver later, I have no idea: )

That thing traveled through my leg. Obviously, it was a single accident. I was ten years old, and somehow, the gun enthusiast I was with then, failed to notice the live round. Well, shit happens. Wasn't the guns fault.
Because they're obviously so safe in the right hands. On the other hand, speaking of hands, it's a bit frightening that everyone of those thinks that they do have the right hands to handle it. If you own guns, just never feel safe. Ever. Why this isn't taught as a basic lesson escapes me. Who hasn't cut her/himself with a knife yet? What's the difference? There's none. Bumped into something with the car, bike, bicycle? Tripped on your own feet? See, you're not safe, and you'll never be. Sometimes it's simple.
I'm only speak out of experience and a two week stay in a hospital with one and a half month having a full leg cast - the old way. So I don't really know what I'm talking about. But the scar is cool ...
IBTL.