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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (4 children)

TIL some people think there's such a thing as a gun for children.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

if you told me they sell a gun specifically for children in texas i would absolutely believe it.

that state is fucking crazy

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 14 points 1 year ago

There’s a brand of 22 rifles named cricket that are specifically designed to teach children how to shoot they’ve got built-in safety locks that are a bitch if you lose the key

I was just in the bass pro shop in Memphis the other day, and I did in fact see light caliber rifles specifically marketed for children to use.

[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They do in California too. It's the whole country.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well we do have frequent school shootings in America, so any gun that’s been used must be a children’s gun right? /S

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This comment makes me sad

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren’t you from Indiana? I just assumed y’all had free .22s for underprivileged children.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They probably did in most of Indiana, but I grew up in Bloomington and it's the evil librul leftie commie part of Indiana where a bunch of old hippies who are still hippies settled around the horrible liberal indoctrination center of Indiana University, so they only gave us water pistols.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that makes sense. You were indoctrinated by the evil IU. Why I bet that Kinsey man taught you all sorts of left wing lies like that it’s more ok for a man to love another man than to love his rifle in an intimate way.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a matter of fact, that is a thing that exists. I had a special child-sized .22 rifle when I was 5 years old. My parents kept it safely stored and allowed me to practice with it under close supervision. Sears made them, marketed as a "youth" model.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well that's disturbing... imagine how many parents, especially today, wouldn't keep it safely stored or allow their kid to practice with it only under close supervision.

In theory, in a world where every gun owner was responsible, it wouldn't worry me. We don't live in that world.