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wyandottecaver wrote:hindsight is 20 20.
When I was a uncultured hillbilly youth of 8-9 I wouldn't have batted an eye at killing 80 bats with a BB gun. I knew not to shoot buildings, cars, people, dogs and cats anytime, and songbirds when my mom was watching. Otherwise it was little different than the buffalo hunters on the plains...
While I would certainly view such behaviour in an adult differently, I would hardly make the leap that the perpetrator must be a crazed sicko. Country kids shoot stuff. It's what kept America free for a long time.
wyandottecaver wrote:hindsight is 20 20.
When I was a uncultured hillbilly youth of 8-9 I wouldn't have batted an eye at killing 80 bats with a BB gun. I knew not to shoot buildings, cars, people, dogs and cats anytime, and songbirds when my mom was watching. Otherwise it was little different than the buffalo hunters on the plains...
While I would certainly view such behaviour in an adult differently, I would hardly make the leap that the perpetrator must be a crazed sicko. Country kids shoot stuff.
Jon wrote:Actually this is a good case for teaching gun safety and proper handling in the public schools.
NZcaver wrote:wyandottecaver wrote:hindsight is 20 20.
When I was a uncultured hillbilly youth of 8-9 I wouldn't have batted an eye at killing 80 bats with a BB gun. I knew not to shoot buildings, cars, people, dogs and cats anytime, and songbirds when my mom was watching. Otherwise it was little different than the buffalo hunters on the plains...
While I would certainly view such behaviour in an adult differently, I would hardly make the leap that the perpetrator must be a crazed sicko. Country kids shoot stuff.
Wow. You make this sound almost like a normal upbringing. I agree the perpetrator may not necessarily be a crazed sicko, but hindsight aside this is still grossly inappropriate behavior and needs to be corrected. Incidentally, the location where the bats were killed in well within city limits and I doubt the person (or persons) responsible is a "country kid."
Growing up in suburbia, I suppose I was a bit of an uncultured youth myself. I knew where the air gun (aka "slug gun") was kept when I was about 8 or 9, and I knew how to load and shoot it. I also knew not to shoot at buildings, cars, people, dogs, or cats... BUT I also knew never to shoot at birds or ANY living creatures! I don't know that I was ever taught this specifically, but I knew right from wrong. Sure I did some stupid things as a kid, but I believe the first time I killed anything with a weapon was shooting rabbits and possums on a farm with a .22 rifle. They are invasive/destructive species, so this was done as a favor for the landowner. With appropriate safety precautions and the use of suppressors so as not to disturb the stock and neighbors.
I have no problem with responsible hunting, but shooting at anything - especially living creatures - with wanton disregard for the consequences is unacceptable.Jon wrote:Actually this is a good case for teaching gun safety and proper handling in the public schools.
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