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WAGCEVP · 06-13-2003, 11:00 PM

Shooting: For Mature Kids Only?
I got a 9 year old nephew who sincew the age of two has been able to say the basic firearm safety rules, number one being do not touch daddy'd gun unless Daddy is there to supervise. He did only once!
he's been shooting BB's since about 3 and now has his own youth shotgun
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Shooting: For Mature Kids Only?
9/20/2002
The says competitive shooting teaches students responsibility, but
gun-violence
prevention groups worry about safety and say only mature kids should be
taught to shoot.

The Cybercast News Service reported Sept. 18 that NSSF spokesperson Gary
Mehalik
said that shooting sports are safer than other school sports. "Kids get
injured in football
and doing other things at a rate far higher than they do receive injuries
from competing
with firearms," he said. "Anyone who's mature can participate in firearm
sports safely."

Nancy Hwa, a spokesperson for the , said, "We don't have a problem with
target shooting
and sports shooting. But we do think parents have to be very careful about
the maturity
level of their children, and how the guns are being handled."

Hwa did not dispute the assertion that competitive shooting can develop
responsibility,
respect, and discipline. But she expressed concern that some parents could
become
complacent about their kids handling guns, which could lead to tragedy. Hwa
specifically
cited the Jonesboro, Ark., school shooting in 1999, carried out by two young
boys who
were trained in firearms use.

06-13-2003, 11:00 PM	#1
WAGCEVP V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Georgia Posts: 179	Shooting: For Mature Kids Only? Shooting: For Mature Kids Only? I got a 9 year old nephew who sincew the age of two has been able to say the basic firearm safety rules, number one being do not touch daddy'd gun unless Daddy is there to supervise. He did only once! he's been shooting BB's since about 3 and now has his own youth shotgun ======= Shooting: For Mature Kids Only? 9/20/2002 The says competitive shooting teaches students responsibility, but gun-violence prevention groups worry about safety and say only mature kids should be taught to shoot. The Cybercast News Service reported Sept. 18 that NSSF spokesperson Gary Mehalik said that shooting sports are safer than other school sports. "Kids get injured in football and doing other things at a rate far higher than they do receive injuries from competing with firearms," he said. "Anyone who's mature can participate in firearm sports safely." Nancy Hwa, a spokesperson for the , said, "We don't have a problem with target shooting and sports shooting. But we do think parents have to be very careful about the maturity level of their children, and how the guns are being handled." Hwa did not dispute the assertion that competitive shooting can develop responsibility, respect, and discipline. But she expressed concern that some parents could become complacent about their kids handling guns, which could lead to tragedy. Hwa specifically cited the Jonesboro, Ark., school shooting in 1999, carried out by two young boys who were trained in firearms use. __________________ The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security ! -->