On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:
Thanks, but if it is all the same to you, I'd rather live in a country where everybody << including six year olds >> carry, and can use Uzi's, etc, as a matter of course.
Would you just hand out guns to all teenagers?
My twelve-year-old daughter asked for and received a .22 for her birthday. Her four and six year old siblings enjoy shooting it, under close supervision.
The question was not whether you might let your little girl operate a gun. The question was whether you might let her carry it as part of her standard equipment. Would you let her go to school with it loaded or with ammo within easy reach? I mean, what's the point of carrying a gun without bullets?
My daughter often carries her gun to school, complete with large quantities of high-velocity long-rifle cartridges. She's homeschooled and marksmanship is one of her extracurricular activities. bd p.s. In two years of homeschooling, she has advanced 6 grade levels on the state-mandated achievement tests.
Ern