https://twitter.com/MattLech/status/1416424976362708997?s=19

  • Jeff_Benzos [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I am from gun land and it's wildly dangerous and irresponsible to have kids playing with guns like that. We'll teach kids as young as the one in the middle how to handle a gun, but always with direct adult supervision. His finger is on the trigger ffs

    • BelovedOldFriend [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      You're from "gun land" and you can't tell the difference between posing with a rifle (that has very likely been cleared) versus "playing" with one?

      Also, you really can't see that the kid doesn't in fact have a finger on the trigger? He's got his hand awkwardly wrapped around the trigger guard in a manner that I wouldn't recommend, but I don't think he's got one finger on the trigger itself.

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Ah, so the lad is just too inexperienced to know that you shouldn't wrap your hand around the trigger guard haphazardly. Sounds like responsible ownership. I am sure that lad will absolutely only handle weapons that have very likely (maybe) been cleared. This all makes it fine. Ok, fine, sure. That makes it all okay.

        I live in Liberal Pacifist Nice People Land, and even my kids know that guns should be treated with the reverence they deserve. Only pointed at things you wish destroyed, finger never on the trigger unless it's time to end that target. I never let them handle a firearm until they were developed enough to understand those basic tenets.