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Do you have a good reason for a 13 year old to fire one of these weapons? A 17 year old? An adult? That's the issue I have with that argument. It's common from the anti-gun left and it is worthless in a reasoned discussion.

The good reasons I could come up with are for hunting and defense. Obviously a 9 year old wouldn't be expected to defend the home against a criminal, but if they wanted to hunt with a parent a small caliber rifle would probably be OK... not an UZI or a handgun.

Therefore "no good reason" to hand a 9 year old an UZI. While you think there might be 9 year olds out there who could handle them, I doubt the numbers would be more than one in a million.

I wouldn't say there has to be a good reason to begin using a firearm, but when there are a number of bad reasons (as in the case of a 9 year old girl) you should have some very good reasons to make up the difference.

I am for gun registration, not necessarily a lot of restrictions.

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Posted by Chimlim

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Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:58 am to mmcgrath

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Therefore "no good reason" to hand a 9 year old an UZI. While you think there might be 9 year olds out there who could handle them, I doubt the numbers would be more than one in a million.

I'm very pro 2nd amendment.

And I think giving a 9 year old a semi-automatic is a bad idea, much less a fully automatic.

This post was edited on 8/27/14 at 11:59 am

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Posted by sugar71

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Posted on 8/27/14 at 4:52 pm to mmcgrath

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Therefore "no good reason" to hand a 9 year old an UZI. While you think there might be 9 year olds out there who could handle them, I doubt the numbers would be more than one in a million.

According to WAFB News the Gun range agrees & immediately changed it's policy .

One must be at least 12 years old & over 5 Feet tall to fire on this range going forward . Still shady at 12 ,but at least they realize what people are saying here about kids & guns.

At worst if 9 year old girls MUST shoot UZIS(don't know why), & the gun nut parents insist ,at least have the adult control the
weapon as kid pulls trigger. Stand behind with hands over her hands totally controlling the weapon & she can boast for days/ years about how she 'shot an UZI'(wink wink) when she was 9. But now.........

My siblings & I sat in my Mother/Stepfather laps & 'drove'(at least we thought wink wink ) the car occasionally . Parents controlled accelerator/ brakes & had hands on our hands or the wheel as we creeped down a vacant street.. We boasted about how we 'drove a car' as children.

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