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**roundman** · 01-19-2007, 07:12 PM

This is completely ridiculous. On the other, what do you think about this:

This was stupid, but I understand the guy's logic. I BB is unlikely to penetrate, but it smarts like heck. Sad thing is he may lose his kids and spend 30 years in prison for this.

The kid was only four years old, too young to understand exactly what he did. This would be different if it was say an 8 or 9 year old kid. The kid was too young to understand why something like a BB gun can be dangerous, but the father should have shown him that what he did was wrong even though he couldn't comprehend it yet. That is what a spanking is for.

And why the hell would a father give a child access to any gun, even a BB gun if he didn't first teach the child firearm safety?

01-19-2007, 07:12 PM	#23
roundman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 541 Senior Member	This is completely ridiculous. On the other, what do you think about this: This was stupid, but I understand the guy's logic. I BB is unlikely to penetrate, but it smarts like heck. Sad thing is he may lose his kids and spend 30 years in prison for this. The kid was only four years old, too young to understand exactly what he did. This would be different if it was say an 8 or 9 year old kid. The kid was too young to understand why something like a BB gun can be dangerous, but the father should have shown him that what he did was wrong even though he couldn't comprehend it yet. That is what a spanking is for. And why the hell would a father give a child access to any gun, even a BB gun if he didn't first teach the child firearm safety?
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