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I'm not sure you understand how common a diversion target practice (even shooting tin cans) and small-game hunting is for rural American youths.

• Lexarius 13y ago
  The Boy Scouts even have separate Rifle Shooting and Shotgun Shooting merit badges.
  • ebbv 13y ago
    Yes and I got both of them. But giving them up is a small price to pay for fewer dead kids.
    • jeffdavis 13y ago
      I don't see a rational weighing of costs and benefits here. In particular, you should examine the risk of other activities that you consider acceptable for children, like swimming or going on a car trip to visit relatives in another state. And you should also consider how many lives would reasonably be saved by your law, which might not work out as perfectly as you think.