Re: [Noise] was Re: Giving 6 year old kids Uzi's

[Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>]

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.  

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