Quote Originally Posted by mrhappy333

and also, 8year old kids should never be shooting a fucking gun. WTF, where are peoples common sense?
Actually that was about that age I started shooting my 22. I haven't killed anybody yet. We let a 5 year old shoot a chipmunk 22 about 6 months ago, he didn't kill anybody, and at no point did he even think about pointing the gun at another human

The part we're missing when it comes to common sense, is allowing a child to shoot a fully-automatic rifle with enough force to break a persons nose if it's not being held right. Of course the gun is going to wander, and be uncontrollable. I'll bet the dad had a marlboro in one hand, a PBR in the other and a mullett.

The responsible ownership of the situation dictates that each person analyze each situation that they are in, and decide, is the child I'm with capable of handling this situation, and furthermore, how much micromanaging of the situation do I have to exercise to make sure no-one gets hurt.