Thread: NZ Police Press release

Here's another take on blaming an inanimated object. Back in 1962 at 5 years of age, my parents had deemed that I was perfectly capable of handling my Gecado mod 22 pellet gun. Whilst they stood 5 metres away and discussed whatever it was adults spoke of in 1962, I pulled the trigger on a slug aimed exactly between my big and next toe. The doctor deemed the pellet too complex to remove. It remains there to this day, 52 years on. The inanimated object( being a Gecado model 22 ) was never considered the cause by my parents. This remains with me hence. The Accidental Discharge was my mistake. Lesson learnt.

Parental supervision is false 'security' in the times we live in and shouldn't be considered fail safe, in my opinion. EBF is right, no good will come from parental supervision, be it with a hammer, replica butter knife or slug gun. It's all just between the ears unfortunately.

Oh, bugger...I worked at being a prison officer too. Supervision from that angle won't work either. Try it.

Originally Posted by misfire

Parental supervision is false 'security' in the times we live in and shouldn't be considered fail safe, in my opinion. EBF is right, no good will come from parental supervision, be it with a hammer, replica butter knife or slug gun. It's all just between the ears unfortunately

Misfire, I think you may have misread or misunderstood my post. It was a bit of sarcasm, pointing out the folks using replica firearms to commit crime are mostly teens or adults, not really under parental supervision anymore

I'm all for responsible parents teaching youngsters how to use real firearms in a controlled environment. I'd much rather a kid be taught to respect a real firearm than be given a toy or replica, and run around unsupervised, pointing it at everything and everybody.

Hope that makes more sense