Small child shoots AK-47

[Cross-X]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQM4I6D-7QI&feature=related

 

[Palladin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQM4I6D-7QI&feature=related

good thing gramps grabbed the gun

 

[packingungal]

good thing gramps grabbed the gun

Was thinking the same thing -

 

[Scrivener]

good thing gramps grabbed the gun

Too bad gramps was the likely moron who gave a 4-year old an AK to shoot.

 

[Cross-X]

I like how the boy spun himself away from the gun.

 

[Negotiator]

Too bad gramps was the likely moron who gave a 4-year old an AK to shoot.

I agree!

 

[drgrant]

Too bad gramps was the likely moron who gave a 4-year old an AK to shoot.

I'm typically a poor judge of age, but that kid is -definitely- older than 4.

-Mike

 

[FPrice]

There is such a thing as too much gun.

 

[Ripach]

There is such a thing as too much gun.

Says who?
While I'm not opposed to the idea of a small child shooting an AK, Gramps should have held it with him the whole time.

 

[pdm]

Gramps should have underloaded the mag.

 

[m44]

If you are going to give a kid high capacity gun then make sure you help him hold it at least, some people .

 

[Len-2A Training]

Don't know the mechanics of an AK-47, but he should have had it in semi-mode if possible, not F/A.

That kid looks 10-12 and Palestinian/Muslim terrorists have been training kids that age to shoot AKs for more years than I care to count. IIRC, stories from 'Nam were similar.

Don't think it was an age/size thing . . . but F/A can "get away from you" if you're not prepared for it, thus better to start off with one-pull = one-shot mode for a while.

 

[BOBKATT]

Rule #1: Don't shoot all your friends.

 

[matt]

yikes.

 

[theGringo]

Yeah, that kid is at least 8. I think this is the 4-yo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8h-8rkHp6Q&NR=1

 

[namedpipes]

I looked at some of the 'kids with guns' videos on Youtube and while I don't have an issue with youngsters learning how to properly handle firearms, with some of the videos, I had the impression of a somewhat drunken "Hey let's see how the kid handles a BIG gun, harr harr harr" rather than "Son, this is how you sight down the barrel, and make sure you keep your finger off... ".


This shall be my son's first rifle when he's ready:

J. Stevens Tipup Model 1 in .22LR. Small, light and controllable. Fires one shot at a time and breaks open like a shotgun to load.

 

[Raoul Duke]

That kid looks 10-12 and Palestinian/Muslim terrorists have been training kids that age to shoot AKs for more years than I care to count. IIRC, stories from 'Nam were similar.

Indeed. Even more extreme, Hutu Militia forces and other African Paramilitary forces, particularly in Sierra Leone, have been abducting children and turning them into child warriors at the age of 8 and 9 even. Salient to our conversation is the fact that the weapon of choice is the ubiquitous AK 47 (in one for or another).

 

[Cross-X]

I still like the vid - kid had fun, and nobody croaked.

 

[Dench]

Don't know the mechanics of an AK-47, but he should have had it in semi-mode if possible, not F/A.

if i remember correctly, the AK47 has 3 modes of fire, safe - auto - single in that order.

 

[packingungal]

I still like the vid - kid had fun, and nobody croaked.

Don't ever post a vid you enjoy again, Cross-X!!

We do have a tendency to look at the worst side of things, don't we.

 

[Scrivener]

I looked at some of the 'kids with guns' videos on Youtube and while I don't have an issue with youngsters learning how to properly handle firearms, with some of the videos, I had the impression of a somewhat drunken "Hey let's see how the kid handles a BIG gun, harr harr harr" rather than "Son, this is how you sight down the barrel, and make sure you keep your finger off... ".


This shall be my son's first rifle when he's ready:

J. Stevens Tipup Model 1 in .22LR. Small, light and controllable. Fires one shot at a time and breaks open like a shotgun to load.

An intelligent choice.

Mine was the equally appropriate Ithaca Model 49 "Saddle Gun;" a Martini-action single-shot that required a separate cocking of the hammer to fire. A superb "first gun," both as to size and mode of operation.

It is now the First Gun of my 10-year old goddaughter, whose mother pronounced the gun "beautiful."

Which, with its select walnut, 6 hand-rubbed coats of lacquer and gold-plated hammer and trigger, it is.