(story courtesy of English.pravda.ru)
An early contender for this week's Dumbass of the Week. Here's a tip people, when you have an itchy nose, consider scratching it with something without bullets.
Are you freaking kidding me?
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Kids hunting with real guns
Are you freaking kidding me…
Why was this kid hunting in the first place? With a real gun? Someone please tell me.
I just posted a link to story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution about an 11-year-old that was killed while on a hunting trip with his grandfather.
This baffles me. I have never understood hunting and the thrill in killing poor defenseless animals. I saw Bambi as a kid and when they killed Bambi’s mom I was absolutely traumatized. I yelled and pounded on the screen like “noooooo!!!” and “Why is this happening!!!!!” (Ok, so maybe I wasn’t quite that dramatic, but I was really, really sad.)
But I’ll put my personal thoughts aside, I’m sure in some families hunting is a tradition and all that. Wonderful, but leave the kids out of it. Your 11-year-old child does not need to be anywhere near a hunting rifle, grandpa. Let’s make this act of male bonding one for the older men in the family. If you absolutely must get the kids involved, show them some gun safety and do it with fake guns with fake bullets. How about we not give the kids something they can actually shoot themselves or someone else (or me for that matter) with. Just a thought.
My prayers go out to this family, but this didn’t have to happen. This tragedy was totally preventable. Lets exercise a little bit of common sense people.
Why was this kid hunting in the first place? With a real gun? Someone please tell me.
I just posted a link to story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution about an 11-year-old that was killed while on a hunting trip with his grandfather.
This baffles me. I have never understood hunting and the thrill in killing poor defenseless animals. I saw Bambi as a kid and when they killed Bambi’s mom I was absolutely traumatized. I yelled and pounded on the screen like “noooooo!!!” and “Why is this happening!!!!!” (Ok, so maybe I wasn’t quite that dramatic, but I was really, really sad.)
But I’ll put my personal thoughts aside, I’m sure in some families hunting is a tradition and all that. Wonderful, but leave the kids out of it. Your 11-year-old child does not need to be anywhere near a hunting rifle, grandpa. Let’s make this act of male bonding one for the older men in the family. If you absolutely must get the kids involved, show them some gun safety and do it with fake guns with fake bullets. How about we not give the kids something they can actually shoot themselves or someone else (or me for that matter) with. Just a thought.
My prayers go out to this family, but this didn’t have to happen. This tragedy was totally preventable. Lets exercise a little bit of common sense people.
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