My5 year old's first gun

[Marlin]

It used to be almost every home had a gun and you hunted your food. Households without guns were a minority and no one thought it weird if the well trained kid went hunting. Now with helicopter parents putting pads on kids to go down a sliding board, and taking their kids side when they do something wrong as opposed to disciplining them as well as the rest of the PC stuff we are obsessed if any one wants to be self reliant and take responsibility for their actions.

x2, I got a honda 175 quad for my 6th xmas and my little brother got a little 70. My parents used to pack us a lunch, the .22 and some fishing poles and my brother and I would go cruise the pasture all day. We had a few hundred acres in missouri. Tons of fun. Never got seriously injured, well, some frogs and rabbits maybe, but no people Lots of frog legs...hmmmmmm. Yummy.

[Marlin]

I took the boy shooting today. The mossberg out of the box at 25 yards, hitting bullseyes with no adjustments! We went through a little over two hundred rounds, no jams, no sticks, one bad round. Two kids in the lane next to us were using a similar 22 with a scope shooting shotgun shells on the ground at 25 yards. I waited for him to miss one, I picked it off open sights...lol. His friend gave him a hard time about that one There is a reason I have an expert rifle medal on my uniform

That gun is worth its weight in gold. My neighbor brought a lot of guns out as well. He brought a couple of various make handguns, lots of WWII stuff. He also brought out some old school flint locks, a MAC10, AR15, an old AK that fires .410 slugs, very fun. The kids had a blast and learned a lot about gun safety as well.

A very good day.

[Marlin]

Drats! Just broke the gun down completely. On a good note, it was sparkling clean, very little residue, but on the bad note, I bent the bolt return spring. I called Mossberg, all I did was tell them what model, they already knew what I wanted. Its on back order, they are sending me two for free. LOL. I asked what other parts are commonly ordered, the guy on the phone laughed and said magazines and that spring. I can still fire it, but its all manual now.

[wekilled]

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[Marlin]

If anyone has little girls you can get the latest Hello Kitty or My Little Pony Guns here: (smirk)

http://www.glamguns.com/storemain.html

Almost makes me wish I had a daughter instead of two sons...NOT!!!
I do dig the Martha Stewart claymores. At 4500 bucks a piece, why not? Maybe a miley cyrus uzi, or even better, a brittany spears flame thrower!!!

[nfpgasmask]

Crazy Americans and their gun obsessions.

PK

LOL, I think you mean, "crazy Americans and their FREEDOM obsessions."

Bart

[VXIRONwoMAN]

I have shot handguns, rifles and shotguns. It's a fun sport.

No offense to those who hunt. But I personally think it would be a lot more exciting to bow or knife hunt. To me that takes a lot more skill than sitting up in a tree house, spraying deer urine all over the place and blasting poor horny bambi's guts out when all he wanted to do was get laid. My coworker goes bow hunting fairly often and I just sit in awe looking at some of the photos. A true hunter...

Anyone on here watch Sons of Anarchy Season 2??? That's a good reason not to give kids loaded guns...

[Marlin]

I have shot handguns, rifles and shotguns. It's a fun sport.

No offense to those who hunt. But I personally think it would be a lot more exciting to bow or knife hunt. To me that takes a lot more skill than sitting up in a tree house, spraying deer urine all over the place and blasting poor horny bambi's guts out when all he wanted to do was get laid. My coworker goes bow hunting fairly often and I just sit in awe looking at some of the photos. A true hunter...

I agree 100%. We do not hunt, I did as a kid, but we ate everything we killed, mostly rabbits and frogs. Some of the guys at work rent a bobcat, go out in the woods, flatten an area to make a clearing, plant food plots just to increase their chances of getting a deer. Granted, they all bow hunt, but it seems like cheating to me.
On the other hand, deer and hog populations are out of control across the nation, people getting killed, crops destroyed, to the point that towns will pool their tags and hire hunters to come in and thin the herd. I get the point, but some of it does seem counterproductive. The animals are learning, they disappear when season time comes round

[Ldub]

I have shot handguns, rifles and shotguns. It's a fun sport.

No offense to those who hunt. But I personally think it would be a lot more exciting to bow or knife hunt. To me that takes a lot more skill than sitting up in a tree house, spraying deer urine all over the place and blasting poor horny bambi's guts out when all he wanted to do was get laid. My coworker goes bow hunting fairly often and I just sit in awe looking at some of the photos. A true hunter...

X about 11 D billion...

I personally don't care to hunt, I don't see anything wrong with spending 5-8 times more than a trip to the local supermarket, to harvest meat that is IMO inferior in taste, & possibly tainted with animal hair & feces...sounds great to me...

I just don't see it as a fair fight, them not having opposable thumbs & all like that (unless of course, you're hunting gorillys or monkees...let's leave Michael Nesmith outta this, fo Gods sake...)

My cuz, who is one of the men I've met in my life who I consider "real", makes all his own arrow heads, spear points, bows & knives etc., then with VERY rudimentary provisions, goes to an island on one of the Great Lakes every fall to harvest venison...THAT'S hunting...THAT'S sport.

Just my opine...