Dench, I can see your point of view, but I must disagree. I think it's a good thing to teach children about guns, and if one gets this good at handling one, I think she is in a better position to respect and correctly handle a firearm. The fact she can tear it down and reassemble is a recognition of her ability and training.
When we were in the service (You and I), didn't we learn how to do this with our duty weapon? Did our proficiency with that weapon reflect on the person who taught us, or mean that they WANTED to send us to Somalia?
No, it meant we were prepared to take care of the gun and service it as needed. Even as a civilian shooter, knowing how to maintain your shooter is a good idea.
Hopefully, this young lady will never HAVE to do this to protect herself or family. One hope for our country is that she never has to. If for whatever reason she does, she is ready.
BTW, I don't think this is an "advanced" techniques. It's just the basics with that firearm, just done in 53 seconds.
Is it that she is 11 that bothers you? I could strip a Browning Hi-power blindfolded when I was 11. Not because I needed to, or my father taught me to, but because I wanted to to. I learned the gun, and took it apart and put it together all the time. I can still do it now.... easy, if not quite as fast.
Is it because she is a girl?
When I was in Vietnam, there was a special school for the sons of KIA Montegnard officers. It was called the Highlands Junior Military Academy in Pleiku. I once saw the kids there put on a demonstration of blindfolded disassembly and re-assembly of Thompson's, M1911's, M1 Carbines, M16's, AK47's and other guns. I was quite impressed with these Junior High School aged kids doing this.
It showed proficiency with their tools.
If you are for a young person learning to shoot, I can't see why you would be against them having complete familiarity with the maintenance and care of that firearm.
Don't you think she is better off than a kid who doesn't know anything, and stumbles across a gun in Daddy's closet?
I know we want to protect the innocence of our children, but to me, mechanical ability and being a qualified shooter doesn't mean I am training someone to kill.
It means I am training someone to live.
Bill