"Thank you for supporting the next generation of recreational shooters. My 4 1/2 year old daughter thought the "pink one" was far superior to a black synthetic stock,who am i to argue? I never would have thought that a pink rifle would be sitting in the rack in the gun room. I look forward to when my daughter is a bit older and ready to begin her journey in the great sport of shooting."The above are selections from the testimonials at the website for Crickett Firearms, manufactured by Keystone Sporting Arms.
"My wife told me to do something with my daughter after gymnastics today, she recommended going for hot chocolate or a donut. I thought, that's not special, plus once you've consumed the item where does that leave you. Instead we bought a pink Crickett from my six year old daughter and wanted to say thanks for making quality affordable firearms for new shooters. The 'girls' option is especially appreciated because as scary as it sounds the color really helped get her excitet about it. Bethany says thanks too! She'll be quite fashionalble at the Sportsman Club tomorrow."
"Just wanted to drop you a note, to let you know what a great product you offer. I just recently bought two Crickett .22's, one pink and one black. They are exceptionally accurate, and just the right size for my 5 and 7 year olds. They are awesome and we couldn't be happier. Thanks So Much!!!!!"
"Greetings! I saw one of your rifles in the local WalMart store and asked the clerk if I could examine it. I am extremely impressed with the firearm! (Especially the barrel lock in the receiver!) It will be prefect for my Grandkids, and after coming home and looking you up on the web, I see that you make firearms for little ladies, as well. Well done! my Granddaughter is nuts for pink, and a pink .22 rifle will go over big with her (when she gets a little older.)
The goal of KSA is to instill gun safety in the minds of youth shooters and encourage them to gain the knowledge and respect that hunting and shooting activities require and deserve.Images from the "Kids Corner" at the website.
Res ipsa loquitur. (The links are very slow today; probably getting a lot of traffic).
The last time I looked at Crickett, it offered rifles in odd .22 caliber variants. I'm not sure why they didn't just choose .22 LR.
ReplyDelete.22 LR seems to be available now. Though I'm not sure when they introduced it.
DeleteI'm curious if you are proposing that there is a breach of duty here?
ReplyDeleteI'm not proposing anything. The "res ipsa loquitur" Latin phrase indicates that I'm letting the thing speak for itself. It is what it is.
DeleteOkay, what do you think it's saying?
DeleteObviously it speaks different things to different people. What it means to me is not important (I didn't get my first gun until I was about 12).
DeleteI apologize if I sounded harsh. My recollection, often wrong, is that when you use the term in your posts it’s after a graphic or short quote that is making it’s own point, often a point that shows a level of irresponsibly or negligence on someone’s part.
DeleteThat said, if we are using the literal translation and not the legal meaning, to me it seems to be saying that the people are expressing their excitement over having a firearm that was designed to be used by young people. And that this gives them the opportunity to train them to be responsible while developing skills without the issues that can be caused by poor fit or too high a power, e.g. flinching from the recoil or bad mechanics from fit issues.
As an urban, a liberal, and a gun owner I have a somewhat tortured relationship with the gun culture in America. I can see the damage everyday all around me. I don’t like what the NRA is doing to politics and I feel that we need more restrictions. But I also like going to the range and hunting. I also like the idea that there are tools available for training young people to be responsible and proficient. Unfortunately, and I may have read it wrong, the Latin at the end of this post made it seem to be a condemnation.
I’m curious about your thougths.
I'm not fond of the NRA, either: too squishy, too willing to compromise on RTKBA.
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DeleteI may have misremembered the age at which I got my first gun; I was probably closer to 14-15 when I got a .22, and fully grown when I was given my dad's deer rifle.
I can't offer deeply personal thoughts on the content of the post because my wife and I have no children. However, if I did have a child (who presumably would be ruggedly handsome and brilliantly intelligent), I would no more consider training her/him in gun safety at that age than I would consider teaching her/him how to drink responsibly at that age. Nor would I put a 4-5 y.o. on an ATV or a snowmobile.
End of conversation from me. I have other things to do.
5 is far too young in my opinion. When they're 12, I'll offer my daughters the chance to learn how to shoot--provided that they have the emotional maturity to handle a deadly instrument with care.
Deletethe NRA can get "you know what" where the sun dont shine
Deletethis should NOT nor ever have BEEN an option for ANY CHILD ... ever!
Meanwhile, in Kentucky... five-year-old, who received a rifle as a gift at age four, shoots and kills two-year-old sister. "Res ipsa loquitur," indeed.
ReplyDeleteHello parents ....how about some accountability. They make LOCKABLE gun cabinets for a reason. The reason is so the weapon is not used as a TOY.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with a child getting adult supervision while handling a gun.
There is something wrong when kids are allowed to use guns as toys.
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Sick fucks.
ReplyDeleteDarwin wins after all.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, Darwin doesn't win in THIS case. The Darwin Awards are for those stupid people who remove THEMSELVES from the breeding pool. In this case (that of the 5 year old shooting his 2 year old sister) he didn't kill himself, which removes him from the Darwin Awards. The parents though.....
DeleteWho in their right mind would market guns for little kids? Enjoy your blood money. I'll post this as anonymous because I don't want any armed assholes coming to take away my 1st Amendment rights with their 2nd Amendment "solution.
ReplyDeleteWhat dumbass hands a 5yrold a damn real gun....
ReplyDeleteApparently, according to the mother, it was God's will to take her daughter. Therefore, God handed the 5 year old his gun.
DeleteI think these children will probably make a very impressive use of the affective relation with weapons their perverted parents pushed on them, not at home and now but later and abroad, by means of killing innocent people from some plentiful country, thus securing the stability of their country through incommensurable and shameful control of the external forces, and finally rendering unnecessary the second-ammendment rights that enabled such mostrosity.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite young (5), though I have a son who is at the 1% of height (exceedingly short). He is 9.5, but most people assume he is 5. When he is ready (maybe 11-12; he's quite mature), I might look into something like this.
ReplyDeleteFive though? Yeah. That is young.
My father taught us firearm saftey at a rather young age, he showed us how they worked and how dangerous they were and "don't touch these" was the rule to obey.
ReplyDeleteHe would take us shooting and when I was 9 or so made sure we could use each family gun. I liked the 22 single shot bolt action myself it was very accurate and I enjoyed using it but it was a gun meant for adults and was my father's gun not my own.
This is how it was for me, and I had to take the hunter's safety before doing anything. I sure as hell was not given a gun like it was just another play toy. This is just warped. You don't need to "cute" up guns for kids. They should always remember that they are a potentially lethal weapon that needs to be handled with extreme care, and making them cutesy colors and more like toys undermines that.
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