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Originally Posted by nickerjones
Would I do it now ? No If I had a 7 yr old kid would I freak out and call my 7 yr old kid stupid if he was out shooting birds or whatever on the farm with a b.b gun or even a real gun? No. It's just what kids do in the farm, that's all. Nothing more and nothing less. Thats how I view it ? If that makes me a bad person with a broken moral compass well then.. I guess that's what I am.
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I partially agree, I remember shooting gophers with a pellet gun of some sort out on the farm when I was a kid. Seemed strange to be an encouraged activity, but I bought the whole 'gophers dig holes and then horses break legs' angle so I was good with it. We were under very close supervision and everything went well. I also recall going to friends farm where they enjoyed catching gophers with a noose around the top of the hole and then shooting at them while they ran around on the line, that seemed royally f'd up. I view the idea of a kid out shooting birds or whatever just because (and I'm assuming he isn't just out there shooting things by himself as a 7 year old, that's insanely irresponsible) as more of the latter than the former.