Saturday, December 10, 2005

To whose profit???

Our country is dependant on every following generation. Most of the work has to be done by parents who bring their children up. A child needs parental support in every first step of one`s way. I suppose the saying "a child is a fire to be lit" sounds right, but it seems that our lawmakers took it word by word by giving 12-year-olds the right to train firing from a real gun. Is that wise? Maybe it depends on each specific individual if one is mature enough to take it in his hands, but I think it shouldn`t be generalised for everyone.

Few years ago a 10-year-old accidentaly killed himself from a sports gun.
Children are unstable, especially boys who like fooling around with everything.

If it`s not allowed for a 15-year-old to drive a car not even with assistance, then it`s not rational and not safer to give dangerous guns in the hands of a 12-year-old. They should be enjoying their childhood at that age and get ready for teenage, explore themselves. Are we preparing for somekind of a war? Do we need to enlarge Estonian army on account of children?
I wish they reconsidered..

1 comment:

pythoncoder said...

Would you rather have a child playing with a gun and killing himself. Or be properly trained in the use and maintenance of a firearm.

Here in the states (America ;), its not unusual for dada to take their sons and daughters hunting. This involves children firing rifles at about the age of 9 and up.

Part of the hunting involves explaining the responsibilities and dangers of a gun. It is imperative that children understand this!

Comparing `driving a car' to `firearm training' is not quite the same. Fire arm training involves supervision and adult control. Simply dropping the keys in the hands of a teenager without adult supervision is lunacy at best.