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but it was long enough for her 5-year-old son to accidentally shoot his 2-year-old sister with the .22-caliber rifle he got for his birthday, state officials said.


what is wrong with this sentence

everything

Shoulda waited until he was 6.

yep. That's when they start driving in Kentucky.

If we could make a law that saved the life of just one child, it would be worth it...

What part of Kentucky is this?

Gregory said young children in the area are often introduced to guns at an early age.

"In this part of the country, it's not uncommon for a 5-year-old to have a gun or for a parent to pass one down to their kid," he said.

The Crickett website features three different .22-caliber rifle models for kids, with shoulder stock colors ranging from pink to red, white and blue swirls. "My first rifle" is the company's slogan.

"What part of Kentucky is this?"

Part??

Owlman wrote:What part of Kentucky is this?

Gregory said young children in the area are often introduced to guns at an early age.

"In this part of the country, it's not uncommon for a 5-year-old to have a gun or for a parent to pass one down to their kid," he said.

The Crickett website features three different .22-caliber rifle models for kids, with shoulder stock colors ranging from pink to red, white and blue swirls. "My first rifle" is the company's slogan.

not in the part I grew up in.

True. You were 3 when you got your first one.

I have thought about buying my nephew a cricket in a year or two. He would only be allowed to even hold it if I was with him holding it too so I could control him. I know several people who have bought crickets for their kids, and if used and controlled properly, they are a great training tool to teach children about gun safety while introducing them to the world of shooting and hunting.

That Kentucky kid surely did get a helluva training on gun safety...the hard way.

I got my son a single shot 22 for his 12th birthday, its a 1933 Winchester Model 67, a gun my grandfather gave me when I was 10. This year for his 15th b'day my brother gave him a single shot .223.

But I guess it doesn't really matter what age you give a gun to a kid - if you leave one laying around loaded in the house with a 2 year old, age is irrelevant.

I understand preparedness, but I'm not so sure this is a good idea...

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/ ... ing-drill/

That was stupid. Supposed someone went into cardiac arrest as a result of that? Idiotic.

What if someone fired back?

Then someone would probably get shot.

I think part of this is a result of our government, highlighted by Obama, selectively choosing which laws they want to enforce - ignoring the pleas for help on immigration enforcement, then showing no interest on marijuana, executive orders to circumvent gun ownership

now we see this

The South Carolina House approved a bill Wednesday criminalizing the implementation of President Obama’s health care law in the state.

The Republican-controlled House voted 65-39 on the Freedom of Health Care Protection Act.

The act renders “null and void certain unconstitutional laws enacted by the Congress of the United States taking control over the health insurance industry and mandating that individuals purchase health insurance under threat of penalty.”

“This kind of victory occurs when the grassroots across the State come together and coalesce,” Chris Lawton, spokesman for the Greenville Tea Party, told The Greenville Post. “I could not be prouder.”

The bill declares “Obamacare” unconstitutional – despite the Supreme Court ruling last year that the Affordable Health Care Act was constitutional — and that there will be criminal penalties for enforcing the law.

Gov. Nikki Haley earlier this year said that the state will not implement the nation’s health care law.

and this in Kansas

Any act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the second amendment to the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas

The bill also provides for criminal penalties against federal agents who attempt to enforce specific federal laws on guns manufactured in the state of Kansas and sold within the state – as the state takes the position under the new law that the federal government does not “interstate commerce” authority over such items.

It's the product of Right-wing nuts who think they can bring back nullification laws, which threatened to bring on Civil War a lot earlier than it actually occurred. They tried this under Southern Presidents (both generals) who threatened them to back down and they did (either Jackson or Taylor threatened to hang every one of them by their thumbs).

This is blatantly unconstitutional and it is a symbolic vote that is being done to appease the masses knowing it has no real effect. It'll be challenged in the 4th Circuit and be struck down (even though the 4th circuit is predominantly Republican)

I don't think it has anything to do with what the President has done. I think it's because he was reelected and because they are shocked that the 5 Supreme Court justices weren't in their pocket.

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