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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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3. No, it doesn't.

Reply to GoneFishin (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:41 PM

Feb 2016

Greatly reduces the chance of a parent being charged when a child shoots a sibling, another

parent, or neighbor. Most likely the true purpose of the bill. Now the neglectful parent isn't guilty of any obvious law breaking.

Did you miss this part?

... as long as parents are 21 years old and maintain “visual and verbal contact at all times with the supervised person”.

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Never too young: Iowa house passes bill to let children of all ages handle guns [View all] Eugene Feb 2016 OP

What's the panic? The first gun I shot was a .32 revolver at age 7... Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #1

Greatly reduces the chance of a parent being charged when a child shoots a sibling, another GoneFishin Feb 2016 #2

No, it doesn't. Straw Man Feb 2016 #3

Visual and verbal contact will not prevent mishaps. No matter the circumstances one can always GoneFishin Feb 2016 #5

The "true purpose" of the bill is to prevent parents from being jailed benEzra Feb 2016 #4

Have any parents been prosecuted for this pistol vs. rifle thing? I doubt it. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #6

So what is going to be different now? Straw Man Feb 2016 #8

This doesn't authorize kids to use guns without close parental supervision. benEzra Feb 2016 #9

My kids have been shooting since 4 and 6....both are scary accurate. ileus Feb 2016 #7