Machine gun shoot

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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall

yes in the constitution it gives a gaurentee to have a gun. And I leave that to you each to make your own choice. But to put a automatic weapon in the hands of a child whether he be eight or 16 is not the smartest thing to do, irregardless if an adult that knows the weapon is standing right there or not. Accidents happen, but this could have been prevented.

When I was a scout master in the boy scouts, I never gave out an award to a boy (young man) for weapons safety beacuse I would not allow that to happen in the troop I was charged with.

I will not impose on your rights to bear arms, but please, please be responsible when it comes to who, how, and wear you teach the youth to use them.

John, are you saying that you did not allow your scouts to shoot? There is really no award for weapons safety, there are however merit badges for both rifle and shotgun shooting. Where better to learn weapons safety than at a well supervised BSA range? Sorry that is how you dealt with it, but I could not disagree with you more.

That being said, would they be shooting an Uzi or any other similar weapon at a BSA facility? Absolutely not, it is not allowed, although Venture scouts have began shooting handguns.