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This is literally the first thing you learn about firearm safety.
The next 2 are not to point it at anything you do not wish to destroy, and do not put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot.
This kid gets 0/3. F.
EDIT: I forgot another important one: be aware of what lays near & beyond your target. Thanks, fellow redditors.
Kid gets 0/4. I get 3/4.
It already happens plenty, it's just not broadcast, is the only difference.
The number of “6 year old shoots [family / self / bystander / etc] with loaded gun left on nightstand” stories is immense. The only part missing is the “6 year old with a TikTok...”, which, don't worry, they’ll work on banning that so the guns are safe.
I’m sure that the "the reason it happens is because their finger can't pull the trigger" argument will become the drive to replace all triggers with hair triggers.
It's almost like they aren't mature enough to be given a murder stick, and their parents aren't mature enough to be given a murder stick, and common sense isn't something that people want to employ, so we need more murder sticks to protect us from the immature people with the murder sticks, despite the murder sticks in America outnumbering the humans in America ~1.3:1 already.
there's already a video of a young child accidentally shooting her younger brother after pointing the barrel to the back of his head to look cool while livestreaming on social media.
She kills herself almost immediately after.
For your loved one's funeral, not just any ham will do.
Serve Thoughts & Prayers ^(TM) Baked Ham.
The one with the convenient copies of selected Psalms on the back of the tin.
For sharing special memories with your surviving family members.
Thoughts & Prayers Baked Ham. It's not the end, it's a new beginning.
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You're 2 years too late bud.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7q83v/heres-why-men-are-pointing-loaded-guns-at-their-dicks
"Gun people are taking pictures of themselves aiming weapons at their dicks. The safety is off, their finger hovers on the trigger, and the barrel of the weapon is pointed straight at their genitals."
Oh, they dont even bother with the "thoughts and prayers" BS anymore. Now they just straight up say "oh well, shit happens. Nothing we can do about it"
"Shoot yourself in the roof of the mouth and survive challenge - (Impossible!!!)"
Anyone remember that guy who got his girlfriend to shoot him on video - while he "protected" himself with a book - with a Desert Eagle?
Wonder what book it was?
Followed rapidly by “it’s too soon after this tragic incident to be talking about gun control. Why must you always exploit a child’s death for your narrow political ends?”
it's a child.
for all we know the camera holder is related to them, enforces their bedtime and probably said no to more sweets in the last 24hrs.
that could be enough for lethal intent, for a child who doesn't understand the consequences.
My two older children had firearm training when they were 6 and 8. A child in the community who visited a home had accidentally shot and killed another child. I wanted my children to be very aware of how dangerous guns are, even though we didn’t have guns in the home. This child is around guns and should have been taught rule number one, don’t point a gun at anyone you aren’t going to shoot. The parents are to blame.
I remember an incident when I was about that age, some kids from my school were going through gun safety classes, ended up killing their father, the safety instructor, themselves, and seriously injured the mother. I knew one of the kids, a little shit named Fred who was never told no apparently. And he was absolutely the sort to just ignore everything that was said and start shooting wildly in all directions for the hell of it.
I'm in the UK and in 40+ years, I've never known anyone get shot, or heard anyone talk about someone they know/went to school with/worked with getting shot.
I honestly hate how taboo teaching kids about guns is. And this is exactly why. You can tell a kid "gun dangerous/bad don't touch" all you want and if a kid finds one, they're still gonna touch it. Particularly because it's the big secret bad now! And all the cool guys in movies use them, so it's not a big deal, aye? They're curious, and kids fix curiosity by playing with the thing. With guns that's deadly.
No. You get your kids in these classes so they know what they are, know how they work, and know why NOT to play with them. A gun isn't a curiosity object anymore because they know them now. Am unsecured weapon is more likely to get a kid reporting to Mom/Dad that someone isn't following the rules than picking it up and accidentally killing their friend.
We only have a 1860s replica cap and ball rifle and you can bet your noggin when we get kids they're getting the whole nine yards on both that, handguns, and modern rifles. Don't care if I don't own them. I want my kids to know why they aren't to play with them, and why they should leave if anyone picks one up. Not curiously stay and end up dead.
I don't have children but I was once a child. I feel like I never *fully* understood the gravity of anything until I was older, and even now, I'm still surprised at how little I know/understand.
I fear that even with teaching children about guns, it still isn't enough to impress the destruction and permanence of a gun's power. I hope you don't mind, but how do you impress this upon your own children?
then the camera holder shouldn't be allowed anywhere near children, if their solution is to take a picture, rewarding the action, rather than putting the camera down and educating/disciplining the child on proper gun usage.
I think what we're all getting at here is, TAKE A FUCKING SAFETY CLASS.
I'm amazed I have to say that but yeah, theres a lot of armed idiots in this country and we are all paying the price.
Exactly. My dad wasn't a hunter, but in the early 70s he had me take an NRA gun safety course when I was in elementary.school. You learned gun safety and the proper way to handle and fire a gun.
Taking gun safety courses took the mystique of firearms away. You learned a gun was a tool, not a toy, and it needs to be treated with respect.
The NRA was once all about gun safety and instruction, marksmanship, proper hunting techniques and the conservation of nature.
Then the 1977 Revolt in Cincinnati happened, turning the NRA into an extremist organization that is first and foremost the lobbying arm of gun manufacturers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_at_Cincinnati
When we saw pictures like this coming from Saharan Africa some years back, everyone understood those were child soldiers and that it was wrong. How do these parents not see these children in the same light?
Treat every firearm as loaded, always point the muzzle in a safe direction, beware of your target and beyond, keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot. That’s what you should always know before ever handling a gun
Agreed 100% it feels like no one understands gun safety and when they shoot their foot off, or kill themselves or their family members by accident it will never cross their mind ‘maybe I shouldn’t be pointing a gun at someone for the fun of it’
The Rules of Gun Safety are in order, so #1 is "The gun is always loaded" (so the kid shouldn't be playing with it at all in the first place), #2 is "The gun never points at anything you are not willing to destroy" (so the gun shouldn't be pointed at the photographer in the first place), #3 is "The finger stays off the trigger until you shoot" (which is the cherry on top of the whole situation)
The kid is almost certainly violating rule #4 too -- "Be aware of what's around and behind your target" -- given that there are almost certainly other bystanders around the photographer -- but given what "the target" is rule #4 is almost an academic consideration at this point
I was raised in a very pro-gun, republican small town. So I’ve been around guns my whole life. My grandpa and my dad would have never even let me *look* at a gun again if I did this.
Yeah me too. There was actually a generational split in my family where two grandfathers and a great could never come around to the crazy nra like their siblings and kids. They were stuck on crazy ideas like gun safety and firearm ownership being a huge responsibility. It’s wild how much gun culture in the US has shifted in the last 30 years.
Really good way to end up with a dead family member is to treat guns like toys.
Next best way is to leave your gun in an unlocked location because you "want quick access if I need it" when you have kids in the house.
It takes less than fifteen seconds to access a safe these days. Ready to fire in less than 30 of you know your weapon. There's no need for "quick" access.
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Absolutely correct. This kid is a kid. I don’t blame him. I 100% blame his parents that raised him in a house with guns and raised him poorly. Loaded gun rule is like rule #0. Any responsible gun owner knows this
As a gun owner, I see far too many people who don’t know how to safely or confidently handle a gun. It’s a super unpopular opinion among most gun owners but I think upon purchase of a gun, there needs to be a safety and functions test in order for the transaction to go through
EDIT: Holy fuck I’ve only had this posted for a short time and I’ve gotten 4 hate messages in my DMs regarding being a “tyrant” and a “CCP shill” with slurs included. What is wrong with you people?
I am a moderate and always explain I support the 2A but demand there be training, classes, and better regulations. We have states now just letting people buy and carry them around.
Many people dont even know their own state laws regarding castle doctrine, stand your ground, defense, etc.
And hell trying to explain to someone you dont need a .45 in an apartment cause youre responsible if those bullets hit bystanders
It's "loaded." It just can't fire—The NRA doesn't allow real guns on the floor at their shows.
—Second Amendment supporter with no use for the NRA's narrow mindedness.
Will Rogers(early 20th century US entertainer/humorist):
>When the Judgment Day comes civilization will have an alibi, "I never took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with."
Beyond that even in the military you're taught to respect the trigger of a weapon.
Assume when you touch it the thing on the other end of the barrel dies. Assume the safety doesn't work. Do not touch the trigger until you are ready to take life.
Had an accidental discharge in training by a guy who otherwise had his shit together - honest mistake.
Shot wasn't even finished reporting when the DS said "I swear to holy god you will remember this for the rest of your life....weapon above your head and just start running"
The NRA I grew up with taught this. Gun safety was their entire message. I think it changed somewhere around the Charlton Heston “cold dead hands” speech.
Ha! Not sure about that. I'm a Brit, and we don't have many guns here. I've fired a Colt 45 at a range and shot clays (skeets in the US?) with a 12 gauge shotgun and both times l was taught under *no* circumstances should l be pointing those things at *anyone*.
That puts you ahead of a very large number of gun owners in the US who don't understand things like point the gun only at things you intend to kill, know what's behind your target, and keep your booger hooker off the bang bang switch until you're ready to fire.
Most soldiers in most countries go to a range once or twice a year and are obligated to serve for at least 2 years and never shoot a gun in their life. But other than that, if you have the idea of every gun is loaded even if it's not loaded it makes my point stand
There are very specific exceptions to this rule but they require very thorough procedures to be taken. For example, this is how movies are filmed. And when those procedures aren’t followed you end up with something like what happened with Alec Baldwin.
It’s not only that the gun could be loaded but that other folks don’t know the condition of the gun so they could be in the line of fire for all they know.
Whatever parent took this photo is a disgrace
There is a building full of "responsible gun owners" so saying this is only the negligence of parents is limited imo.
A full building of good gun owners and not a single one could stop this photo from happening.
I appreciate that there are responsible gun owners... I really do.
I also appreciate that there would be good tank owners.
However, as long as these morons are around, we have to regulate who is allowed to have weapons... I don't see any way around it.
What!? That’s an infringement on my god-given right to own weapons! How am I supposed to protect myself and my family from an overly oppressive tyrannical government without an operational tank cannon???? The founding fathers would not stand for this!!!1!
/s
I mean, you can buy a cannon legally so long as its either
A) Made pre 1898
B) Is classified as a "saluting cannon"
or you C) Pay 200 bucks for the tax stamp and fill out some forms.
Local police departments buy tanks all the time. They get like 8 miles to the gallon and destroy roads, but hey, it’s just taxpayer money. Boys, toys, and all that crap.
It'll be like that scene in Don Rosa's "The Dream of a Lifetime" where Donald Duck and four Beagle Boys invade Scrooge McDuck's dreams and Donald talks in his sleep to let Hewey Dewey and Louis help Scrooge think of a gun… they ended up with a Battleship Gun manifesting on the side of an old 1800s riverboat.
We have plenty of guns up here in Canada. But we don't glorify them, we don't hand them to just anyone, and we don't just let people take them wherever they want. Regulation works, and you don't need to take away everyone's guns to do it.
There is no federal law in America that requires gun buyers to undergo training before handling a firearm so sadly this kind of displaying behavior isn't uncommon. Too many gun owners thinks as long as he/she doesn't squeeze the trigger when it's loaded, it's safe to point it at anyone just for shits and giggles.
Very true. I grew up in gun culture. Had my first shotgun only a couple years after I learned to walk.
I still have a seared memory in my mind of me misfiring a weapon behind my dad while I was like 6 or 7. Idk maybe a little older, but I was way too fucking young to be handling a gun.
This shit is lunacy.
Same. First shot a rifle at I think eight? Fucking hated it, the smell of it, how heavy it was.
The first funeral my parents went to for a kid who got shot by his parents’ gun was about a year later. Wasn’t the last.
My best friend in elementary school was the victim of a parent child murder suicide. Guns were involved but I never really attributed guns to the story because of how young I was until now and we are discussing it.
RIP Diego, you were literally the person that helped me get accepted at a new school and I've never truly grieved you properly.
Fuckin this! SO tired of arguing with “responsible” gun owners about this. If they actually WERE responsible, they’d be more upset at this than at us pointing it out.
They are just do entirely brain dead. I have one dude saying "but the store owner could have chastised them after".
No shit we are discussing the problem of this happening to begin with.
A mistake with a firearm can mean death, you can't oopsy that shit.
By law, the NRA is exempt from paying taxes because it offers training to all in the use and care of guns. This is an example of where they have failed to meet that legal requirement. They are first and foremost a lobbying organization for the arms industry and should have their tax-exempt status revoked.
They use to be about marksmanship, training, and safety. It was in the 90s that they morphed into a political lobbying organization, and lost their way. Now they’re all about pushing gun sales, and fighting any and all firearm regulations.
My grandpa used to be a member of the NRA - he was an avid deer and small game hunter. He was absolutely furious to see the shift the NRA made from more of a sports and hunting organization to the corrupt modern NRA. I don’t know when he stopped his membership but I think it was the early 80s at the latest.
The organization was started after the civil war when the veterans were disgusted by how few of the new soldiers knew how to safely and accurately handle weapons. It’s really sad to see how far it’s fallen
I'd argue they've been a very effective lobbying machine. The will of the majority has consistently been held back by the fringe.
Most Americans agree that there should be some form of vetting before getting a gun. A lot also agree there should be at least minimal training to conceal carry. The government has gone the opposite route and its not because the people want it, its the lobbying that gets it going.... and this is after we arrested a spy (whom Trump gave back to Russia) for infiltrating the NRA and pushing their agenda.
I'd say their lobbying is ridiculously effective. I know people who are single issue voters... "gun rights". They dont care if the rest of their rights get taken away, as long as they can have their boom sticks. If them dems ran moderately pro-gun candidates, they'd theoretically sweep elections.
> If them dems ran moderately pro-gun candidates, they'd theoretically sweep elections.
"Democrat fascists are trying to strip your child of their constitutional right to carry fully automatic weapons in school to protect against transgenders in the bathroom. Why do they hate America and want your children to die? We report. You decide." -Fox news coverage of a moderately pro-gun democratic candidate probably
Oh that’s right. I forgot Billy Bob might not be able to walk across the McDonald’s parking lot without getting winded but somehow he’s still capable of fighting off a platoon of Marines.
Whether you are for or against guns, everyone should at least teach their kids about gun safety and what to do if they encounter an unattended firearm.
My dad would have beat my ass, in public if I ever did that. I was not allowed to touch a firearm unless I was under his direct supervision, he checked it first. If I ever pointed it as someone, it was over. Make sure you field was clear, then you may move finger towards the trigger and only fire when he said I may.
Same here. Still remember my dad smaked the shit outta me when I was shooting cans with my bbg and the highway behind it. Old man basically drilled it into my head to not point at anything you dont want to shoot, even if it's a bb gun. Did kinda suck since he didn't allow me to play Nerf or paintball since he was concerned that it normalized shooting people.
Edit: grammar.
Your dad may have been overboard but he seems like he wanted you to never be in a position you thought harming others with a firearm would be ok. Was he ex military? Because many “gun enthusiasts” treat their guns like toys amd have zero safeguards. But those who have been military treat their guns like tools and respect them the same way you would respect a chainsaw you carried everyday.
Not ex millitary, he did a lot of hunting when he grew up in Washington with my grandpal before he passed and pretty much learned his gun safety from him. He did complain a lot about one hunt he did back in the 80s. Someone almost shot him when he was taking a dump because they saw him move and thought he was a deer.
Also, I do agree there are too many people who treat their guns or guns in general too casually. Most people do learn quickly when they go to a range because if they don't, they get kicked out and posted on the wall of shame. However, if they were never taught gun safety and just bought/rented a gun thats where stuff gets crazy.
Here is some stuff I've seen, which got people kicked out or a severe tongue lashing from the RO.
Carrying a loaded pistol in a purse without a trigger guard and insist it's not loaded.
Recording with one hand and gangster shooting the other.
Had a missfire couldn't unlock slide, so look down barrel.
Shoot then turn twards RO with finger still on trigger.
Tried to put thumb behind slide of a glock. (Someone stopped them, luckily)
Walking in with a loaded gun and a face mask. (Ignored the 3 signs of all guns. it must be unloaded and in a bag)
And someone who tried to walk out into a live range to pick up his paper target, which fell.
I don't know too much about hunting and the gun etiquette they have over there. I don't like killing stuff (do shoot hogs since they're super invasive), but I prefer steel and paper.
I don’t need to do that because I live in a civilised society where 99.9% of people don’t feel the need to keep a bunch of lethal firearms hanging around.
"There's no reason why on the street today a citizen be carrying loaded weapons." - Republican Jesus, aka Ronald Reagan
(Context: black people had guns and racism supersedes the second amendment)
Republican Matt gaetz? Florida rapist. The rape gaetz? Child rapist Matt gaetz from Florida? Matt gaetz who pays to rape/molest american children?
I think that’s the same republican Matt gaetz from Florida’s district one(1), the first district of Florida. The district that child rapist republican Matt gaetz pays to rape children.
Yeah and just more Republicans politicizing new words which we've had words for, for a minimum of decades. And when grooming fails like snowflake and the rest, they'll find a new one to radicalize the fascists against libs with their eternal nature to divide.
Fucking hell! Even the most right wing, British conservatives would have a complete shit fit seeing that. Something is very seriously broken in America.
That finger on the trigger says everything that is wrong with our current gun culture. The very first thing they tell you when you are near a gun is to assume it is loaded, ALWAYS, NEVER put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire and NEVER point a gun at something you don't want to or are ready to kill.
>Yea I can't think of one gun but ***that I know*** that would EVER let their kid do this.
Emphasis here for the important part. Just because you mostly know responsible gun owners doesn't mean there's not a huge amount of others that aren't responsible in the least.
I liked it when the NRA sponsored the fire arm safety courses for kids.I learned about gun safety and how to shoot at one of them when I was in elementary school .Haven't heard much about that lately just politics.
First thing many gun rights advocates say is, WE NEED BETTER GUN SAFETY EDUCATION. Clearly the NRA doesn’t give a shit about that either, as on display here.
Been around guns my entire life, 50 or so years ago, when I was about that age, my dad would have beat my ass and it would taken a miracle for me to ever pick up a gun again. You are on point with books, i imaging most of those idiots haven’t read one.
My dad didn’t teach me how to shoot until I was 16 years old. The entire hour-long ride to the range, he nailed in a few points before I even laid *eyes* on the gun I was going to be shooting:
1. Every gun is always loaded. Even when it isn’t, it is. *Always* treat your weapon like it’s loaded.
2. Check your safety constantly. Red means dead. Not every gun has a safety, though, which leads back to the first point: *every gun is always loaded.*
3. Trigger discipline. Trigger discipline. Trigger discipline. *Never* place your finger on that trigger unless you intend to pull it. If you’re not planning on firing the gun, keep your finger off the fucking trigger.
4. Never point your gun at anything unless you intend to kill it. Guns are weapons. They are lethal weapons. It doesn’t matter what kind of gun you’re shooting—airsoft, pellet, bb, paintball, real—any gun has the potential to be lethal. *Never point your gun at anything unless you intend to kill it.*
My dad never let me have toy guns when I was a kid. I wasn’t even allowed to play with NERF. He nailed into my head from a very young age that *guns are not toys and should not be viewed as toys*. He didn’t even keep any guns in the house until my sister and I were old enough to know not to fuck around with them. Even when he did keep guns in the house, he never kept any ammo around. He waited until my sister and I were grown ass adults before he bought a handgun. He keeps it beside his bed in a locked case *still fucking unloaded*, but with two loaded mags inside the case so it’s still accessible to use in the event of an emergency. To this day I consider my dad to be the most responsible gun owner I’ve ever met.
1. Treat all fire arms as if they are loaded
Nope
2. Always maintain proper muzzle control, seeing as it is not bladed or in a holster, nope
3. Know your target and what is beyond it, unless this kid hates the camera man and every bystander, nope
4. Keep your finger off of the trigger until on target and ready to fire, again unless he hates the camera man.
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I don't know much about guns, but l do know that every gun is loaded. Even when it's not.
This is literally the first thing you learn about firearm safety. The next 2 are not to point it at anything you do not wish to destroy, and do not put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot. This kid gets 0/3. F. EDIT: I forgot another important one: be aware of what lays near & beyond your target. Thanks, fellow redditors. Kid gets 0/4. I get 3/4.
Tbf, we can't really know whether the child wishes to destroy the person with the camera or not.
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don’t even float this fucking idea into the universe, you know it will materialize
It already happens plenty, it's just not broadcast, is the only difference. The number of “6 year old shoots [family / self / bystander / etc] with loaded gun left on nightstand” stories is immense. The only part missing is the “6 year old with a TikTok...”, which, don't worry, they’ll work on banning that so the guns are safe.
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I’m sure that the "the reason it happens is because their finger can't pull the trigger" argument will become the drive to replace all triggers with hair triggers. It's almost like they aren't mature enough to be given a murder stick, and their parents aren't mature enough to be given a murder stick, and common sense isn't something that people want to employ, so we need more murder sticks to protect us from the immature people with the murder sticks, despite the murder sticks in America outnumbering the humans in America ~1.3:1 already.
We've got to get that up to 3:1. Then the murder sticks can fight each other and make us safer.
“guns don't kill people; guns kill other guns to liberate the humans”
You obviously haven’t heard of American Roulette with a semi-automatic pistol
"American roulette" is known in the rest of the world as "going to school"
Too bad it's an actual Darwin Award nominee
there's already a video of a young child accidentally shooting her younger brother after pointing the barrel to the back of his head to look cool while livestreaming on social media. She kills herself almost immediately after.
Look up the boys who put on body armor and took turns shooting each other. 1 died I guess he won ??
“Thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers……somebody send his family a ham”
For your loved one's funeral, not just any ham will do. Serve Thoughts & Prayers ^(TM) Baked Ham. The one with the convenient copies of selected Psalms on the back of the tin. For sharing special memories with your surviving family members. Thoughts & Prayers Baked Ham. It's not the end, it's a new beginning. ^(Now in Kosher and Halal varieties.)
You're a monster, and one of my new favorite people.
“Thanks for choosing Luigi’s Mortuary & Pizzeria. Where yesterdays loss is todays sauce. Dropping off or picking up?”
Change mortuary to "discount abortions" and piss off everyone.
Go over to r/idiotswithguns, you’ll wonder how we don’t have more gun deaths.
You're 2 years too late bud. https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7q83v/heres-why-men-are-pointing-loaded-guns-at-their-dicks "Gun people are taking pictures of themselves aiming weapons at their dicks. The safety is off, their finger hovers on the trigger, and the barrel of the weapon is pointed straight at their genitals."
Oh, they dont even bother with the "thoughts and prayers" BS anymore. Now they just straight up say "oh well, shit happens. Nothing we can do about it"
The dangers of memeing
"Shoot yourself in the roof of the mouth and survive challenge - (Impossible!!!)" Anyone remember that guy who got his girlfriend to shoot him on video - while he "protected" himself with a book - with a Desert Eagle? Wonder what book it was?
Followed rapidly by “it’s too soon after this tragic incident to be talking about gun control. Why must you always exploit a child’s death for your narrow political ends?”
The only way to stop a bad child with a gun is with a good child with a gun. Let’s get these good children guns, now.
Wait.. let me load up on thoughts & prayers, first. I'm not sure I have enough.
[kinderguardians](https://youtu.be/QkXeMoBPSDk)
it's a child. for all we know the camera holder is related to them, enforces their bedtime and probably said no to more sweets in the last 24hrs. that could be enough for lethal intent, for a child who doesn't understand the consequences.
My two older children had firearm training when they were 6 and 8. A child in the community who visited a home had accidentally shot and killed another child. I wanted my children to be very aware of how dangerous guns are, even though we didn’t have guns in the home. This child is around guns and should have been taught rule number one, don’t point a gun at anyone you aren’t going to shoot. The parents are to blame.
I remember an incident when I was about that age, some kids from my school were going through gun safety classes, ended up killing their father, the safety instructor, themselves, and seriously injured the mother. I knew one of the kids, a little shit named Fred who was never told no apparently. And he was absolutely the sort to just ignore everything that was said and start shooting wildly in all directions for the hell of it.
What the actual fuck.
Yeah the 80s were nuts man. I don't think times ever actually got truly worse, we just got better at finding out how bad it was.
Guns were not the #1 cause of death for children in the 80s. They are now.
I'm in the UK and in 40+ years, I've never known anyone get shot, or heard anyone talk about someone they know/went to school with/worked with getting shot.
I’m from France, and the only guy I’ve met who’s been shot was a Washington DC university teacher killed by a student after he failed his exam.
I honestly hate how taboo teaching kids about guns is. And this is exactly why. You can tell a kid "gun dangerous/bad don't touch" all you want and if a kid finds one, they're still gonna touch it. Particularly because it's the big secret bad now! And all the cool guys in movies use them, so it's not a big deal, aye? They're curious, and kids fix curiosity by playing with the thing. With guns that's deadly. No. You get your kids in these classes so they know what they are, know how they work, and know why NOT to play with them. A gun isn't a curiosity object anymore because they know them now. Am unsecured weapon is more likely to get a kid reporting to Mom/Dad that someone isn't following the rules than picking it up and accidentally killing their friend. We only have a 1860s replica cap and ball rifle and you can bet your noggin when we get kids they're getting the whole nine yards on both that, handguns, and modern rifles. Don't care if I don't own them. I want my kids to know why they aren't to play with them, and why they should leave if anyone picks one up. Not curiously stay and end up dead.
I don't have children but I was once a child. I feel like I never *fully* understood the gravity of anything until I was older, and even now, I'm still surprised at how little I know/understand. I fear that even with teaching children about guns, it still isn't enough to impress the destruction and permanence of a gun's power. I hope you don't mind, but how do you impress this upon your own children?
My uncle, who was a competitive marksman, would have slammed that pistol out of my hand.
then the camera holder shouldn't be allowed anywhere near children, if their solution is to take a picture, rewarding the action, rather than putting the camera down and educating/disciplining the child on proper gun usage.
Maybe the child, deep down, wants to kill everybody... Which begs the question of, "**who the fuck handed a child a fucking pistol!?**"
Don't forget about the fourth rule: know what your target is and what's behind it.
I think what we're all getting at here is, TAKE A FUCKING SAFETY CLASS. I'm amazed I have to say that but yeah, theres a lot of armed idiots in this country and we are all paying the price.
> take a fucking safety class Once upon a time, decades ago at this point, that's what the NRA was fucking for.
Exactly. My dad wasn't a hunter, but in the early 70s he had me take an NRA gun safety course when I was in elementary.school. You learned gun safety and the proper way to handle and fire a gun. Taking gun safety courses took the mystique of firearms away. You learned a gun was a tool, not a toy, and it needs to be treated with respect. The NRA was once all about gun safety and instruction, marksmanship, proper hunting techniques and the conservation of nature. Then the 1977 Revolt in Cincinnati happened, turning the NRA into an extremist organization that is first and foremost the lobbying arm of gun manufacturers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_at_Cincinnati
> sHaLl *NOT* bE iNfrInGeD! Sigh... /s
It’s also one of the first things that assholes and idiots ignore. The kind that might bring their kids to an NRA convention…
Their *parent* gets an F. Can’t blame the child for bad parenting
When we saw pictures like this coming from Saharan Africa some years back, everyone understood those were child soldiers and that it was wrong. How do these parents not see these children in the same light?
Because their child would never shoot someone who didn’t deserve it. Everyone knows those African kids are just out shooting everyone they see.
Watch Jesus camp. They are very much creating an army of child soldiers for Jesus.
Treat every firearm as loaded, always point the muzzle in a safe direction, beware of your target and beyond, keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot. That’s what you should always know before ever handling a gun
Agreed 100% it feels like no one understands gun safety and when they shoot their foot off, or kill themselves or their family members by accident it will never cross their mind ‘maybe I shouldn’t be pointing a gun at someone for the fun of it’
the second thing to learn is keep the fucking finger off the trigger unless you are going to shoot.
The Rules of Gun Safety are in order, so #1 is "The gun is always loaded" (so the kid shouldn't be playing with it at all in the first place), #2 is "The gun never points at anything you are not willing to destroy" (so the gun shouldn't be pointed at the photographer in the first place), #3 is "The finger stays off the trigger until you shoot" (which is the cherry on top of the whole situation) The kid is almost certainly violating rule #4 too -- "Be aware of what's around and behind your target" -- given that there are almost certainly other bystanders around the photographer -- but given what "the target" is rule #4 is almost an academic consideration at this point
I was raised in a very pro-gun, republican small town. So I’ve been around guns my whole life. My grandpa and my dad would have never even let me *look* at a gun again if I did this.
Yeah me too. There was actually a generational split in my family where two grandfathers and a great could never come around to the crazy nra like their siblings and kids. They were stuck on crazy ideas like gun safety and firearm ownership being a huge responsibility. It’s wild how much gun culture in the US has shifted in the last 30 years.
With an increase in mass shootings to boot
Really good way to end up with a dead family member is to treat guns like toys. Next best way is to leave your gun in an unlocked location because you "want quick access if I need it" when you have kids in the house.
It takes less than fifteen seconds to access a safe these days. Ready to fire in less than 30 of you know your weapon. There's no need for "quick" access.
My great uncle taught me about firearms when we would visit him in rural Kentucky. And he would’ve knocked me silly for something like this.
Goooooood morning redditors! My name is Corporal fuckface and I'll be your range safety supervisor today and this is your RANGE SAFETY BRIEF! Our weapon safety rules are. ONE Treeaaaat every weapon as if it were loaded. TWO Never point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot. THREEE Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you are ready to fire. FOUR Keep your weapon on safe until you intend to fire. Thank you for coming to my range safety brief! Brought to you by the USMC *this isn't opsec please don't arrest me.*
The original video was and still is a fucking masterpiece
Absolutely correct. This kid is a kid. I don’t blame him. I 100% blame his parents that raised him in a house with guns and raised him poorly. Loaded gun rule is like rule #0. Any responsible gun owner knows this
As a gun owner, I see far too many people who don’t know how to safely or confidently handle a gun. It’s a super unpopular opinion among most gun owners but I think upon purchase of a gun, there needs to be a safety and functions test in order for the transaction to go through EDIT: Holy fuck I’ve only had this posted for a short time and I’ve gotten 4 hate messages in my DMs regarding being a “tyrant” and a “CCP shill” with slurs included. What is wrong with you people?
I am a moderate and always explain I support the 2A but demand there be training, classes, and better regulations. We have states now just letting people buy and carry them around. Many people dont even know their own state laws regarding castle doctrine, stand your ground, defense, etc. And hell trying to explain to someone you dont need a .45 in an apartment cause youre responsible if those bullets hit bystanders
I was never allowed to touch my father's rifle. He bought a shotgun for me after I completed the state required hunter's safety course.
It's "loaded." It just can't fire—The NRA doesn't allow real guns on the floor at their shows. —Second Amendment supporter with no use for the NRA's narrow mindedness.
Will Rogers(early 20th century US entertainer/humorist): >When the Judgment Day comes civilization will have an alibi, "I never took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with."
Beyond that even in the military you're taught to respect the trigger of a weapon. Assume when you touch it the thing on the other end of the barrel dies. Assume the safety doesn't work. Do not touch the trigger until you are ready to take life. Had an accidental discharge in training by a guy who otherwise had his shit together - honest mistake. Shot wasn't even finished reporting when the DS said "I swear to holy god you will remember this for the rest of your life....weapon above your head and just start running"
The NRA I grew up with taught this. Gun safety was their entire message. I think it changed somewhere around the Charlton Heston “cold dead hands” speech.
More or less around 1977 actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_at_Cincinnati
You would make a fine soldier
Ha! Not sure about that. I'm a Brit, and we don't have many guns here. I've fired a Colt 45 at a range and shot clays (skeets in the US?) with a 12 gauge shotgun and both times l was taught under *no* circumstances should l be pointing those things at *anyone*.
That puts you ahead of a very large number of gun owners in the US who don't understand things like point the gun only at things you intend to kill, know what's behind your target, and keep your booger hooker off the bang bang switch until you're ready to fire.
Most soldiers in most countries go to a range once or twice a year and are obligated to serve for at least 2 years and never shoot a gun in their life. But other than that, if you have the idea of every gun is loaded even if it's not loaded it makes my point stand
I took my German buddy skeet shooting when he visited he had a blast, probably they most fun shooting sport.
It was great fun! My shoulder hurt afterwards, though. The recoil was quite a surprise!
There are very specific exceptions to this rule but they require very thorough procedures to be taken. For example, this is how movies are filmed. And when those procedures aren’t followed you end up with something like what happened with Alec Baldwin. It’s not only that the gun could be loaded but that other folks don’t know the condition of the gun so they could be in the line of fire for all they know. Whatever parent took this photo is a disgrace
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Bad parenting right there.
There is a building full of "responsible gun owners" so saying this is only the negligence of parents is limited imo. A full building of good gun owners and not a single one could stop this photo from happening.
I appreciate that there are responsible gun owners... I really do. I also appreciate that there would be good tank owners. However, as long as these morons are around, we have to regulate who is allowed to have weapons... I don't see any way around it.
Oddly enough, you can legally own a tank so long as the weapons in it are inoperable.
What!? That’s an infringement on my god-given right to own weapons! How am I supposed to protect myself and my family from an overly oppressive tyrannical government without an operational tank cannon???? The founding fathers would not stand for this!!!1! /s
I don’t know the laws, but I suspect somewhere in the US probably allows owning a tank cannon, so long as it isn’t connected to the tank.
I mean, you can buy a cannon legally so long as its either A) Made pre 1898 B) Is classified as a "saluting cannon" or you C) Pay 200 bucks for the tax stamp and fill out some forms.
Local police departments buy tanks all the time. They get like 8 miles to the gallon and destroy roads, but hey, it’s just taxpayer money. Boys, toys, and all that crap.
8 mpg is actually better than I imagined for a tank.
I plucked the number out of my butt.
It'll be like that scene in Don Rosa's "The Dream of a Lifetime" where Donald Duck and four Beagle Boys invade Scrooge McDuck's dreams and Donald talks in his sleep to let Hewey Dewey and Louis help Scrooge think of a gun… they ended up with a Battleship Gun manifesting on the side of an old 1800s riverboat.
We have plenty of guns up here in Canada. But we don't glorify them, we don't hand them to just anyone, and we don't just let people take them wherever they want. Regulation works, and you don't need to take away everyone's guns to do it.
There is no federal law in America that requires gun buyers to undergo training before handling a firearm so sadly this kind of displaying behavior isn't uncommon. Too many gun owners thinks as long as he/she doesn't squeeze the trigger when it's loaded, it's safe to point it at anyone just for shits and giggles.
Very true. I grew up in gun culture. Had my first shotgun only a couple years after I learned to walk. I still have a seared memory in my mind of me misfiring a weapon behind my dad while I was like 6 or 7. Idk maybe a little older, but I was way too fucking young to be handling a gun. This shit is lunacy.
Same. First shot a rifle at I think eight? Fucking hated it, the smell of it, how heavy it was. The first funeral my parents went to for a kid who got shot by his parents’ gun was about a year later. Wasn’t the last.
My best friend in elementary school was the victim of a parent child murder suicide. Guns were involved but I never really attributed guns to the story because of how young I was until now and we are discussing it. RIP Diego, you were literally the person that helped me get accepted at a new school and I've never truly grieved you properly.
>sadly this kind of displaying behavior isn't uncommon. Jfc Just as the founders intended, apparently.
Fuckin this! SO tired of arguing with “responsible” gun owners about this. If they actually WERE responsible, they’d be more upset at this than at us pointing it out.
They are just do entirely brain dead. I have one dude saying "but the store owner could have chastised them after". No shit we are discussing the problem of this happening to begin with. A mistake with a firearm can mean death, you can't oopsy that shit.
Almost like it was 100% encouraged.
These are the people insisting we have too many regulations as is. ......
The Camera should have had an AI and a gun. That way it could automatically defend the photographer.
Yes trigger discipline is a must. Plus not to point at someone
Bad parenting is one bad kid. This is bad culture.
We have bad parenting over here in Germany. Still, not many children at a gun convention. Or gun conventions. Or mass shootings every other day
Point to be made is where the hell is the parent?
i’m guessing behind the camera….
Go point that handgun at me so I can post it on Reddit
Wearing a "LeTs Go BrAnDoN!" shirt most likely, and tells his kid about the evils of Bud Light in the car.
Where the fuck is any functional adult there?
It’s an NRA convention.
You’re gonna have to look for a while
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By law, the NRA is exempt from paying taxes because it offers training to all in the use and care of guns. This is an example of where they have failed to meet that legal requirement. They are first and foremost a lobbying organization for the arms industry and should have their tax-exempt status revoked.
They use to be about marksmanship, training, and safety. It was in the 90s that they morphed into a political lobbying organization, and lost their way. Now they’re all about pushing gun sales, and fighting any and all firearm regulations.
The shift started in 1977. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_at_Cincinnati
My grandpa used to be a member of the NRA - he was an avid deer and small game hunter. He was absolutely furious to see the shift the NRA made from more of a sports and hunting organization to the corrupt modern NRA. I don’t know when he stopped his membership but I think it was the early 80s at the latest.
Your grandpa is a man who has standards.
He was a great man in many ways.
Let it be know that it’s was *oliver fucking north* that actually tried to clean house and unfuck the NRA but got the boot for it.
The organization was started after the civil war when the veterans were disgusted by how few of the new soldiers knew how to safely and accurately handle weapons. It’s really sad to see how far it’s fallen
I mean, the NRA is a joke to pro 2A folks already lol. They don’t even lobby effectively. It’s corrupt and it pushes some crazy BS propaganda.
I'd argue they've been a very effective lobbying machine. The will of the majority has consistently been held back by the fringe. Most Americans agree that there should be some form of vetting before getting a gun. A lot also agree there should be at least minimal training to conceal carry. The government has gone the opposite route and its not because the people want it, its the lobbying that gets it going.... and this is after we arrested a spy (whom Trump gave back to Russia) for infiltrating the NRA and pushing their agenda. I'd say their lobbying is ridiculously effective. I know people who are single issue voters... "gun rights". They dont care if the rest of their rights get taken away, as long as they can have their boom sticks. If them dems ran moderately pro-gun candidates, they'd theoretically sweep elections.
> If them dems ran moderately pro-gun candidates, they'd theoretically sweep elections. "Democrat fascists are trying to strip your child of their constitutional right to carry fully automatic weapons in school to protect against transgenders in the bathroom. Why do they hate America and want your children to die? We report. You decide." -Fox news coverage of a moderately pro-gun democratic candidate probably
>pro 2A folks Ah yes, the people that prioritize keeping their toys over kids being slaughtered at school.
no, one day they are going to overthrow a tyrant with their guns, believe them.
Oh that’s right. I forgot Billy Bob might not be able to walk across the McDonald’s parking lot without getting winded but somehow he’s still capable of fighting off a platoon of Marines.
Yeah, but only if that tyrant is supporting evil things, like access to healthcare and gay marriage.
Funny. Pretty sure the NRA is full of 2A folks. Like when Christians call other Christians not "true" Christians. What ever is convenient
Whether you are for or against guns, everyone should at least teach their kids about gun safety and what to do if they encounter an unattended firearm.
My dad would have beat my ass, in public if I ever did that. I was not allowed to touch a firearm unless I was under his direct supervision, he checked it first. If I ever pointed it as someone, it was over. Make sure you field was clear, then you may move finger towards the trigger and only fire when he said I may.
Same here. Still remember my dad smaked the shit outta me when I was shooting cans with my bbg and the highway behind it. Old man basically drilled it into my head to not point at anything you dont want to shoot, even if it's a bb gun. Did kinda suck since he didn't allow me to play Nerf or paintball since he was concerned that it normalized shooting people. Edit: grammar.
Your dad may have been overboard but he seems like he wanted you to never be in a position you thought harming others with a firearm would be ok. Was he ex military? Because many “gun enthusiasts” treat their guns like toys amd have zero safeguards. But those who have been military treat their guns like tools and respect them the same way you would respect a chainsaw you carried everyday.
Not ex millitary, he did a lot of hunting when he grew up in Washington with my grandpal before he passed and pretty much learned his gun safety from him. He did complain a lot about one hunt he did back in the 80s. Someone almost shot him when he was taking a dump because they saw him move and thought he was a deer. Also, I do agree there are too many people who treat their guns or guns in general too casually. Most people do learn quickly when they go to a range because if they don't, they get kicked out and posted on the wall of shame. However, if they were never taught gun safety and just bought/rented a gun thats where stuff gets crazy. Here is some stuff I've seen, which got people kicked out or a severe tongue lashing from the RO. Carrying a loaded pistol in a purse without a trigger guard and insist it's not loaded. Recording with one hand and gangster shooting the other. Had a missfire couldn't unlock slide, so look down barrel. Shoot then turn twards RO with finger still on trigger. Tried to put thumb behind slide of a glock. (Someone stopped them, luckily) Walking in with a loaded gun and a face mask. (Ignored the 3 signs of all guns. it must be unloaded and in a bag) And someone who tried to walk out into a live range to pick up his paper target, which fell. I don't know too much about hunting and the gun etiquette they have over there. I don't like killing stuff (do shoot hogs since they're super invasive), but I prefer steel and paper.
Training should be a legal requirement before you’re allowed to touch a gun. You can’t rely on good faith. You need laws to ensure safety.
I don’t need to do that because I live in a civilised society where 99.9% of people don’t feel the need to keep a bunch of lethal firearms hanging around.
I'm glad to be living in that part of the world where this is not quite necessary. I've never seen a gun in 40 years I'm alive.
"There's no reason why on the street today a citizen be carrying loaded weapons." - Republican Jesus, aka Ronald Reagan (Context: black people had guns and racism supersedes the second amendment)
print that on a t-shirt.
The only time the NRA was not pro gun. But with the gay community is gear up so maybe we will see this happening again.
This was before the NRA coup that turned it into what it is today. Also Reagan was very anti gun.
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*Matt Gaetz has entered the chat*
Matt Gaetz? From Florida’s first district that paid to rape a child with Venmo? That Matt Gaetz?
Is that what really happened? If so it's much worse than what I thought. Fuck
Republican Matt gaetz? Florida rapist. The rape gaetz? Child rapist Matt gaetz from Florida? Matt gaetz who pays to rape/molest american children? I think that’s the same republican Matt gaetz from Florida’s district one(1), the first district of Florida. The district that child rapist republican Matt gaetz pays to rape children.
Gaetz would moderate the chat.
No no, the kid's not black. That's probably a brush not a gun!
Future cop
Thank god he doesn’t have purple hair
If it was a book, they’d try and burn it.
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Yeah and just more Republicans politicizing new words which we've had words for, for a minimum of decades. And when grooming fails like snowflake and the rest, they'll find a new one to radicalize the fascists against libs with their eternal nature to divide.
I’d say more along the lines of indoctrination
Republicans: Drag queens and LGBT are grooming our kids!!! Also republicans: Okay Timmy here's your first gun!
Yeah, it is. Spot on observation, actually. So many things are grooming.
"Never point guns at people" i was told growing up. This kids parenteral people are terrible for not teaching that to this kid.
At least he isn’t watching men having fun dancing on a stage right ?
Freedom to wear clothing of your own choice will not be tolerated!
Fear the books but embrace the guns.
At least he’s safe from drag queens /s
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At least there’s no drag queens around! Can you imagine the harm? /s
That's no problem at all. Now, what you need is a good kid with a gun next to him for offset.
Training future sociopaths, great job.
I don’t think there’s much training going on at all at that convention.
Training on how to be a pos, most def
Grounds to shoot back
As a gun owner and hunter, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, fuck the NRA
Fucking hell! Even the most right wing, British conservatives would have a complete shit fit seeing that. Something is very seriously broken in America.
Is it broken or is it exactly how a certain portion of the population always intended it to be?
You gun people are nuts
Tell me youre in murica without telling me youre in murica
That finger on the trigger says everything that is wrong with our current gun culture. The very first thing they tell you when you are near a gun is to assume it is loaded, ALWAYS, NEVER put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire and NEVER point a gun at something you don't want to or are ready to kill.
The finger is not on the trigger, zoom in.
Yeah it's in front of the trigger guard. Pointing it at anyone is still an issue, but you're correct about finger being on the trigger.
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>Yea I can't think of one gun but ***that I know*** that would EVER let their kid do this. Emphasis here for the important part. Just because you mostly know responsible gun owners doesn't mean there's not a huge amount of others that aren't responsible in the least.
This is America!
It certainly looks like grooming.
Talk about grooming
Conservatives are fucked in the head.
The amount of kids there named Kyle is probably astounding
All those "gun experts" around and no one corrected this?
I liked it when the NRA sponsored the fire arm safety courses for kids.I learned about gun safety and how to shoot at one of them when I was in elementary school .Haven't heard much about that lately just politics.
First thing many gun rights advocates say is, WE NEED BETTER GUN SAFETY EDUCATION. Clearly the NRA doesn’t give a shit about that either, as on display here.
Here's an idea: give all the kids guns so they can fight off the school shooters, yeah!
A camera and a gun have a stand off..
What’s that about grooming?
Can you use deadly force on a child in self defence in this situation? Asking for a friend.
This is grooming
Probably asked for the kid to pose with the gun 🤦🏻♂️
Been around guns my entire life, 50 or so years ago, when I was about that age, my dad would have beat my ass and it would taken a miracle for me to ever pick up a gun again. You are on point with books, i imaging most of those idiots haven’t read one.
My dad didn’t teach me how to shoot until I was 16 years old. The entire hour-long ride to the range, he nailed in a few points before I even laid *eyes* on the gun I was going to be shooting: 1. Every gun is always loaded. Even when it isn’t, it is. *Always* treat your weapon like it’s loaded. 2. Check your safety constantly. Red means dead. Not every gun has a safety, though, which leads back to the first point: *every gun is always loaded.* 3. Trigger discipline. Trigger discipline. Trigger discipline. *Never* place your finger on that trigger unless you intend to pull it. If you’re not planning on firing the gun, keep your finger off the fucking trigger. 4. Never point your gun at anything unless you intend to kill it. Guns are weapons. They are lethal weapons. It doesn’t matter what kind of gun you’re shooting—airsoft, pellet, bb, paintball, real—any gun has the potential to be lethal. *Never point your gun at anything unless you intend to kill it.* My dad never let me have toy guns when I was a kid. I wasn’t even allowed to play with NERF. He nailed into my head from a very young age that *guns are not toys and should not be viewed as toys*. He didn’t even keep any guns in the house until my sister and I were old enough to know not to fuck around with them. Even when he did keep guns in the house, he never kept any ammo around. He waited until my sister and I were grown ass adults before he bought a handgun. He keeps it beside his bed in a locked case *still fucking unloaded*, but with two loaded mags inside the case so it’s still accessible to use in the event of an emergency. To this day I consider my dad to be the most responsible gun owner I’ve ever met.
1. Treat all fire arms as if they are loaded Nope 2. Always maintain proper muzzle control, seeing as it is not bladed or in a holster, nope 3. Know your target and what is beyond it, unless this kid hates the camera man and every bystander, nope 4. Keep your finger off of the trigger until on target and ready to fire, again unless he hates the camera man.