Two-year-old Caroline Sparks killed by five-year-old brother

chickaree wrote: Like the way you feel you have to cast anyone who disagrees with you as a liberal, Arlen. It shows how bigoted and small minded you are. Marketing dangerous tools as toys for children is pure stupidity in my opinion. I sincerely hope that the gun manufacturer stops making these guns for children look so toylike, or at least add additional safety features.

If NOBODY marketed guns to kids, the parents who buy guns for their kids will still buy guns for their kids. The lack of a flower or rainbow on the stock isn't going to change the fact that guns will be purchased and ignorant parents will continue to be ignorant. Kids cannot buy guns PERIOD.

Nobody that matters wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: You would think for a few extra bucks they could integrate some sort of recessed trigger-lock mechanism into the stock with a special key for the parents, so the weapon could be locked until it was under parental supervision.

That is an awesome idea, and I'd pay a few extra bucks for a firearm for my kid that had that feature.

But I don't think it should be mandated by the government.

Why even take that chance, LOCK UP THE FUCKING GUN!!!! There is no reason why a gun that fires real bullets should be in the hand of a kid if the parent isn't standing right next to him supervising. If he wants to hang a gun on his wall, there's plenty of plastic fake ones.

Nobody that matters wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: You would think for a few extra bucks they could integrate some sort of recessed trigger-lock mechanism into the stock with a special key for the parents, so the weapon could be locked until it was under parental supervision.

That is an awesome idea, and I'd pay a few extra bucks for a firearm for my kid that had that feature.

But I don't think it should be mandated by the government.

I don't recall saying anything about it being government-mandated.

Rick wrote:

chickaree wrote: Like the way you feel you have to cast anyone who disagrees with you as a liberal, Arlen. It shows how bigoted and small minded you are. Marketing dangerous tools as toys for children is pure stupidity in my opinion. I sincerely hope that the gun manufacturer stops making these guns for children look so toylike, or at least add additional safety features.

If NOBODY marketed guns to kids, the parents who buy guns for their kids will still buy guns for their kids. The lack of a flower or rainbow on the stock isn't going to change the fact that guns will be purchased and ignorant parents will continue to be ignorant. Kids cannot buy guns PERIOD.

my issue is making a gun that is indistinguishable from a toy. I simply think it is an appallingly bad idea.

LadyJazzer wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: You would think for a few extra bucks they could integrate some sort of recessed trigger-lock mechanism into the stock with a special key for the parents, so the weapon could be locked until it was under parental supervision.

That is an awesome idea, and I'd pay a few extra bucks for a firearm for my kid that had that feature.

But I don't think it should be mandated by the government.

I don't recall saying anything about it being government-mandated.

You didn't. I was simply posting my opinion, I should have made that more clear.

LadyJazzer wrote: Crickett’s Facebook page has disappeared, And now the Crickett website has disappeared too. And every other link to the Crickett website serves up the dreaded "404 Not Found."

Crickett, Keystone (the parent company) and the NRA know that if you pull down your Facebook page — standard practice for the NRA after any mass shooting — and you hide for a few days, a week or so, people move on, they forget, and then it’s just back to business as usual. Business as usual in this case is making guns for children and marketing them to children.

Amazing that we can ban cigarette manufacturers from marketing to kids but not gun manufacturers.

You would think for a few extra bucks they could integrate some sort of recessed trigger-lock mechanism into the stock with a special key for the parents, so the weapon could be locked until it was under parental supervision. A few extra bucks to the production costs?...Nah... "Stuff happens", and the company is shielded from liability, so what the heck... Wouldn't want to interfere with profits.

Even better. The Cricket is a bolt action rifle. It is easy to remove the bolt and lock it away. But once again, that would require responsible parents. BTW some companies like Smith & Wesson do provide a internal lock with keys that allow you to lock the hammer shut.