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<blockquote data-quote="Jabberwockey" data-source="post: 663008" data-attributes="member: 18238"><p>I tend to agree with you on this SWOT. Granted, it depends on the child. My father was teaching me gun safety from an early age. Granted, at that point in my life we lived on a farm. I never considered teaching our son about guns myself for several reasons. Living in town with no place to actually go hunting it seemed kind of pointless. Besides, even at an early age I didn't feel that his obsessiveness and firearms would be a good mixture. Point is, it really depends on the child. Unfortunately, its the parents who make this decision and not all of them are capable of making a reasonable decision on this issue.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would say its a fair bet that alcohol while hunting is illegal in every state, not that everyone obeys that law. Honestly, I'd take this a step further and anytime you have an encounter with police for any reason and you have a weapon in your possession (in your vehicle or you are going into or coming out of the woods), you either submit to a breathalyzer or lose your right to carry firearms. Same for drugs. In order to be a responsible gun owner, you must first be responsible.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Being a hunter, I can assure you that deer are entirely too skittish to get close enough to hunt with a knife. I also own bows and as soon as we have property I plan to start bow hunting for deer. I tend to stay away from hunting on state land because of bad experiences growing up. Again, it was about people who had no business, even though they had the right, to be in the woods with a weapon. Won't make this long, but one of the common things that happened were people checking in dogs that they had killed because they didn't even bother to learn what the animal that they were hunting looked like. And don't get me started on "sound shots"!!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And unfortunately, these are the people who are getting bad press for being idiots and making it difficult on responsible firearms owners. There is no easy solution for this issue, nothing that will resolve it to the satisfaction of both sides. To those who are adamantly opposed to gun ownership, believe it or not, I understand and don't necessarily disagree with your arguments. I do disagree with punishing everybody due to the actions of a minority.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jabberwockey, post: 663008, member: 18238"] I tend to agree with you on this SWOT. Granted, it depends on the child. My father was teaching me gun safety from an early age. Granted, at that point in my life we lived on a farm. I never considered teaching our son about guns myself for several reasons. Living in town with no place to actually go hunting it seemed kind of pointless. Besides, even at an early age I didn't feel that his obsessiveness and firearms would be a good mixture. Point is, it really depends on the child. Unfortunately, its the parents who make this decision and not all of them are capable of making a reasonable decision on this issue. I would say its a fair bet that alcohol while hunting is illegal in every state, not that everyone obeys that law. Honestly, I'd take this a step further and anytime you have an encounter with police for any reason and you have a weapon in your possession (in your vehicle or you are going into or coming out of the woods), you either submit to a breathalyzer or lose your right to carry firearms. Same for drugs. In order to be a responsible gun owner, you must first be responsible. Being a hunter, I can assure you that deer are entirely too skittish to get close enough to hunt with a knife. I also own bows and as soon as we have property I plan to start bow hunting for deer. I tend to stay away from hunting on state land because of bad experiences growing up. Again, it was about people who had no business, even though they had the right, to be in the woods with a weapon. Won't make this long, but one of the common things that happened were people checking in dogs that they had killed because they didn't even bother to learn what the animal that they were hunting looked like. And don't get me started on "sound shots"!! And unfortunately, these are the people who are getting bad press for being idiots and making it difficult on responsible firearms owners. There is no easy solution for this issue, nothing that will resolve it to the satisfaction of both sides. To those who are adamantly opposed to gun ownership, believe it or not, I understand and don't necessarily disagree with your arguments. I do disagree with punishing everybody due to the actions of a minority. [/QUOTE]
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