The question is how does a 13 year old child have access to 23 guns. At least in the article it makes it sound like they were his. Obviously he shouldn’t have access to any*, but the number does bring to focus just how fucked that household is.
*in a healthy household, teaching a child of that age to fire a .22LR long gun at the range is not uncommon or unreasonable. It’s traditional. I learned to fire them in summer camp I think at 10 or 11 (granted it was like 1980 or so.)
Exactly. A couple of locked guns is normal. One or two being discovered unlocked is a problem that good parents treat as an absolute emergency. 23 unlocked firearms is absolute negligence
The question is how does a 13 year old child have access to 23 guns. At least in the article it makes it sound like they were his. Obviously he shouldn’t have access to any*, but the number does bring to focus just how fucked that household is.
*in a healthy household, teaching a child of that age to fire a .22LR long gun at the range is not uncommon or unreasonable. It’s traditional. I learned to fire them in summer camp I think at 10 or 11 (granted it was like 1980 or so.)
Allowing a kid to use tools that were designed to actively kill things is not healthy, no matter the household.
Do we also allow kids to use grenades? Drive trucks on public roads? Why not buy sex toys from a sex shop?
Exactly. A couple of locked guns is normal. One or two being discovered unlocked is a problem that good parents treat as an absolute emergency. 23 unlocked firearms is absolute negligence