8-Year-Old Fires Assault Rifle In South Carolina

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You really have to be careful about that word "assault" rifle when bringing up this topic. That kid could have fired every round that rifle is capable of and hit another human being with every round and the first thing you are going to get from the gun side (you have to be careful about every way you use the word "gun" they are so sensitive) and right away they are going to come at you with the "it is not an assault gun," completely bypassing the injured or dead. Luckily, this time, there were no injured or dead.

I just think it's dumb that they called it an "assault rifle". I mean c'mon, it's a semi-automatic .22, not a fricking M-16 or AK-47.

I'm not a part of the American left, I'm a part of the Canadian left. lololol...

I don't agree with disarming civilians who have proven that they can competently handle firearms however.

In fact, I would argue that there should be a Canadian equivalent to the Second Amendment, except that our firearms laws do a pretty good job of keeping guns out of the hands of idiots, while not making life too hard on people who can handle guns responsibly.

That said, if the laws could be tweaked a bit so that someone could own an AK as a "range toy", then it would be better.

Yeah, describing myself as a left-winger is a bit... odd. I have a bit more in common with the left than the right, but I'm not a granola-munching "save the whales" hippie either. I just believe in things that make sense. I have issues with some leftist values, I have issues with some conservative values, and I even have issues with some moderate values. You can't really put me on the conventional political spectrum.

Whatev........


1. Mass disarmament would soon turn into literally a bloody mess for the disarmers and the disarmees.
2. Having to prove competence is too far into infringement. Before we go there, it's not like driving a car which is a licensed privilege and not a right.


If an idiot in Canada wants a gun he can get one. You have a black market and illegal gun trade just like other countries.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ci-rc/reports-rapports/traf/index-eng.htm#c


Don't hold your breath for the AK. An AR-15 is designated as a restricted firearm but still obtainable.


The only online political test I felt was definitive enough showed me as being 66% or 68% conservative so that's how I identify myself. With all the liberals on WP I lean more heavily (obnoxiously) conservative.

If an idiot in Canada wants a gun he can get one. You have a black market and illegal gun trade just like other countries.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ci-rc/reports-rapports/traf/index-eng.htm#c

Some areas are worse than others. Toronto has some terrible gang related gun violence. But where I live people mostly have guns for hunting, not so much for self defence.

If you are living in a country where guns are illegal there is a direct correlation between how hard guns are to get and how likely it is you will become a victim of someone with a gun.

So, your usual hit and run, with some light trolling thrown in then?



So, you're basing your opinion on what again? You've just said that you have very little chance of encountering a gun day to day, which is an admission that they're not negatively effecting you, and then declared that you'd not change your mind in different circumstances, without really knowing how you'd feel under such circumstances. Raptor and I can both regale you with stories of anti-gun people who changed their tunes when they needed a gun and didn't have one, so I wouldn't be so quick to write it off.



Hunting for food is the only use for firearms? Wow, the things I learn day to day, you'd think I didn't have a degree in gunsmithing and over a decade of firearms experience...



Do I even need to mock you for this? Highlighting it is probably enough.



Really now, the tools that allowed us to hunt larger game than we could have brought down with our natural equipment, thus laying the bedrock for civilization as we know it, are "innovation gone wrong"? Or, to talk about firearms specifically, the tool that made it possible for us to get out from under the tyranny of a martial class riding roughshod over the peons, as was the case when being a soldier was a lifetime commitment and armored knights (or samurai, etc) were virtually invincible due to their arms and training? Perhaps you should actually learn about things before deciding you're against them, just a crazy suggestion.



"How things should be" as decided by someone who knows nothing about the things in question... Great plan.

Who in their right mind would give an 8-year-old an assault rifle? However, since this happened in South Carolina, I'm not surprised that this kid was given a rifle in the first place.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/28/s ... destrians/

Frightening responses in this thread.

I'd never even think of teaching a child to shoot a gun. There's no need for this nonsense in the modern world.

If you are living in a country where guns are illegal there is a direct correlation between how hard guns are to get and how likely it is you will become a victim of someone with a gun.