Out of Pod Experience

I'll be giving my kid my .22 when it turns 4 but I plan to actually raise it and do that thing that makes kids not shoot people.... parenting I think it's called?

stories like this make me not ever want to have children. well that and the whole misery of being pregnant thing. seems to me people aren't even allowed to be parents anymore. you discipline a child...it's physical abuse. you threaten them with the possibility of discipline...it's psychological abuse. you verbally scold them...it's verbal abuse.

they aren't allowed to be wrong. they aren't allowed to lose.

and if you dare to attempt contradicting that standard by actually punishing or scolding a child, you'll have some nosy ******* neighbor calling the social workers on you. parents can't win these days.

this has been going on for a long time already and we see the results in the paper, in the grocery store, at the movie theater and walking down the street everyday.

i remember when i was little, my brother was in trouble somehow (which was the normal protocol of most days lol) and dad was preparing to chastise his behavior with a little corporal punishment. which was, even at that time, beginning to be become rather taboo. anyway, my brother says he'll call the cops if this goes down. dad replies "you go ahead and call them. i swear, by the time they get here...they'll have a reason to come."

no cops showed up.

Somewhere out there Jack Thompson is jizzing himself right now.


As for the firearm comment, I received my .22 when I was ten, but my parents taught me about discipline and safety. Never once did I have the urge to go grab it each time my parents grounded me, which was almost a daily occurrence mind you, and 24 years later I still have that rifle and both parents. I know it can be hard to comprehend, but kids can be responsible and not immediately turn into a little Kim Jong the second they're handed a firearm.
Personally I am more disturbed by his attempted **** of his own mother. Seriously, who the hell does that?

Call of Duty players

I am pretty sure that it is called "blanks" or "locking away the ammo".

Two things, parental upbringing and antipsychotic drugs (side-effects).
Either or both can turn anyone into a crazy/zombie.

You don't need a gun to kill in a rage. Baseball bats, kitchen knife etc. etc. can be just as efficient.
The type of weapon used is irrelevant.

I've had my 'own' rifle since I was eight. My parents still live - despite all the discipline they've meted out over the years. Or maybe because they meted out punishment and required respectful and responsible behavior.

Perhaps we should look at the parenting in this situation.
Radical concept, I know, but it's a thought.



Trigger locks are pathetically easy to defeat.
Remove the friring pin or bolt and lock THAT up when not in use - That is fool-proof. In the case of semi-auto pistols, remove the barrel. Revolvers, remove the cylinder.

It won't be mentioned if it goes against an interest. Whether mentioned or not, that possibility won't go away.
Not going to bother arguing the (flawed) logic that the usage of any mind altering substance only limits itself to physical medical sideffects ... nor the rather easy conclusion to scapegoat it to purely an "original" condition.

Hindsight. Clearly, the parents didn't think their child was a nutjob.

Just to be clear, if my 4 year old is insane I won't give it a .22