HEY KIDS! Raise your hand if you had a Daisey Red Ryder BB gun.

[trof]

I did.
And yes, I got into trouble with it.
But I didn't shoot my eye out.

[angstlessk]

1. My son did, and killed a bird...He claimed it was suffering?

Probably fell from the nest.

[trof]

2. Was it a mockingbird?

[irisblue]

5. Ouch.....

[Codeine]

3. Pfft. I had a Crossman 760 that pumped up.

When overpumped (as any self-respecting boy does as a matter of course) that sucker was downright dangerous.

I remember my mom getting so pissed when I cut down the (plastic) stock into a pistol grip. Kids are stupid.

[Hoyt]

4. Today's dads introduce their kids to the gun culture with an AR15 just like used at

Sandy Hook. And the dads are so proud.

[ClarendonDem]

7. I didn't realize that AR-15s were the go-to Christmas gift for kids

I imagine you have some sort of objective support for that claim?

[Hoyt]

11. There are gunners in your favorite group that brag about giving their

8 year old an AR15, although they claim to keep it locked up except when an adult is around.

You know that, of course. When I'm not on my phone I'll post photos of dads and their 8 year olds with their precious AR15, since you claim to be unaware.

[ClarendonDem]

16. I'm not asking for a random picture of an

8 year old with an AR-15. Just asking if there's any evidence that dads are buying their kids those guns for Christmas. Because that's what you said, and if you were engaged in hyperbole then fine, but just trying to understand.

[flamin lib]

12. Ah yes! The call of the Crested Gunner. I'd know it anywhere.

A repeated 'show me the source' followed by 'link! Link!'

[ClarendonDem]

15. I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not

Do you agree with me, are you supporting Hoyt's claim that AR-15's are the go-to gift for dads everywhere this year, or just attacking me for asking for some sort of evidence?

[5X]

6. still do, but i'm no kid. n/t

[samnsara]

8. no but i had a submarine squirt gun..and i still have it! from the '50s!

[Binkie The Clown]

9. I did. Some friends and I shot a bird. I felt so bad I put the gun away and never touched it again.

What a horrible memory!

A few years later I bought a guide book and took up serious bird watching.

[Hoyt]

13. Same here, except it was a squirrel in a nest way up in a tree that i thought was empty.

At the time I didn't put it up, but I lost interest quickly. It wasn't cool anymore.

[CentralMass]

10. Yes, I had one and

[Glorfindel]

14. Yes, I did. But it was no big deal. I got a .22 rifle for my next birthday (10th)

so I passed the BB gun on to my nephew.

[csziggy]

17. nope, Dad would never allow any BB guns

He nearly shot his brother's eye out when they were kids.

Besides that, as "liberated" as my Dad was about most women's issues, I doubt he would have considered allowing one of his daughters to have a BB gun. Cap pistols were ubiquitous and I did have two of those.

[doc03]

18. First book I ever read was a Red Ryder book I also had

a Red Ryder lunch box.

[doc03]

19. I got a Captain Video (I think) Ray Gun one year I was disappointed that it

didn't vaporize my older brother.

[TomSlick]

20. Yeah I did. Hand raised.