...and menacing.

In a tragic hunting accident no one could have foreseen, a local hunter lost his life today when his 3 year old son dropped his Baby-bop hunting rifle, causing the fatal discharge. Thoughts and prayers to the family. A GoFundMe page has been set up for the care and maintenance of the rifle.

Now they can hunt with them if an adult is within arm’s length according to the original post, let’s generously call that 36 inches. Am I missing something here?

Adults who think that kind of thing is okay obviously think like children so that level of craziness makes sense to them.

Consequences shmonsequences.

Kid is shown with the dead deer, usually, and claims that he shot it, and the big gun is prominently displayed.

Pic goes into the scrap book.

"It's not government's job to tell parents" that", I agree, at least they'll be learning safe
firearms handling and they'll be outdoors spending time with a parent (or parents), rather than
vegetating in their bedroom withe their Xbox.

"at least they'll be learning safe firearms handling..."

That's a creative presumption.

and I say that as someone who is hugely in favor of gun control. I learned to shoot when I was just a young kid on my grandpa's farm in Africa. Done right, no harm. The real problem lies in the easy access to semi-automatic firearms, and the general gun-nut culture that seems to make a cult out of gun ownership.

For safety reasons I wasn't allowed to walk with the rifle, and I didn't hit anything at that age when it came time to fire, obviously.

Of course, seeing the dead eyes of a deer at a tender age may be why I've been a strict vegan for nearly 30 years. . .

But the more time passes, I have serious doubts about the capacity of human beings to not do stupid shit.