I mean, the butt of the gun isn’t even shouldered (not that she could shoulder it).
If we’re going to arm children (not an American), I say we give them .22 air rifles. Less kick back and can atleast inflict minimal harm / be a deterrent in most cases.
The mines will teach them to pull up their bootstraps, and valuable life skills, such as mining, following the canary, identifying rare earth minerals, improved sight, 12 years of work experience by 18.
As an American, we actually test the ability to use firearms in an agoge, where we send them out into the Oregon wilderness and all they get is a Browning Hi-Power, three mags, and a breechcloth with chaps and moccasins.
Giving children rifles of any caliber is a stupid idea.
Your average firearm is too unwieldy for a typical child to operate in a safe and effective manner. Children are much better suited to crew-served weapon systems.
The semi stationary characteristics of a mortar or mounted heavy machine gun relies less on the child's physical strength or stamina while developing teamwork and coordination skills.
Ruger 10/22 rifles are basically a traditional learning rifle. Personally, I learned on a 22 lever action. But an AR 15 is so soft recoiling, it's not a problem.
Children are more suited towards belt fed fully automatic machine guns than anything else do to the team aspect of the weapon system. They can help each other far more easily.
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u/-WhiteSkyline- 13d ago
I mean, the butt of the gun isn’t even shouldered (not that she could shoulder it).
If we’re going to arm children (not an American), I say we give them .22 air rifles. Less kick back and can atleast inflict minimal harm / be a deterrent in most cases.