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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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1. What's the panic? The first gun I shot was a .32 revolver at age 7...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:14 PM

Feb 2016

... for the prosaic reason that I couldn't hold up a .22 rifle or a single-shot .12 gauge. My folks warched over as I bonked a round off a 55 gal.oil drum.

Running-Marquardt brings up militia in a totally irrelevant way.

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Never too young: Iowa house passes bill to let children of all ages handle guns [View all] Eugene Feb 2016 OP

What's the panic? The first gun I shot was a .32 revolver at age 7... Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #1

Greatly reduces the chance of a parent being charged when a child shoots a sibling, another GoneFishin Feb 2016 #2

No, it doesn't. Straw Man Feb 2016 #3

Visual and verbal contact will not prevent mishaps. No matter the circumstances one can always GoneFishin Feb 2016 #5

The "true purpose" of the bill is to prevent parents from being jailed benEzra Feb 2016 #4

Have any parents been prosecuted for this pistol vs. rifle thing? I doubt it. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #6

So what is going to be different now? Straw Man Feb 2016 #8

This doesn't authorize kids to use guns without close parental supervision. benEzra Feb 2016 #9

My kids have been shooting since 4 and 6....both are scary accurate. ileus Feb 2016 #7