9-Year-Old's Uzi Tragedy Reveals Wild World Of Gun Tourism

[Lurks Often]

40. I find it unlikely we're going to agree

since your views on firearms (if I remember your other posts on this subject correctly) are bias toward the reduction and even the elimination of them from the general public. Equally I am bias toward accepting any further restrictions.

Having said that, the NRA and every gun owner I know do not view guns as toys but something that can be enjoyed recreationally with reasonable caution and attention to safety. With that in mind, there are companies that market firearms specifically sized for the youth market since most of the normal firearms are too big, heavy and/or powerful for not only children, but some smaller statured men and women. The NRA is the only organization that I am aware of that came up with a safety program strictly for children, the Eddie Eagle program, which essentially states Stop, Don't Touch, Go Find An Adult.

If you look around your home, there are any number of things that could cause you injury or even death if misused or just careless.

As an aside, most people seen the NRA as a monolithic entity whose main focus is political, certainly that is the part that gets the most attention. In actuality, a very large part of the NRA is primarily a training organization, whose instructors tend to try to remain apolitical when teaching.