In any other country we'd call it an atrocity.

[name not needed]

But here, it's "tradition."

[idwiyo]

1. K&R

[actslikeacarrot]

2. While I agree that...

...some parents introduce their kids to guns at too early an age comparing taking a child shooting and supervising them to what could possibly be a child soldier is not quite the same.

[Live and Learn]

3. "what could possibly be a child soldier"...

And you can tell that how? To which child were you referring?

[actslikeacarrot]

5. i'm referring to the top picture...

....for all I know that picture could have been taken in the US. But from my experiences overseas, I saw children that small manning checkpoints with their fathers holding on to AK's as tall as them. In hindsight I jumped to conclusions way too fast. I have no idea if that child is a soldier or not, but if the child was not, then I really wouldn't call it an atrocity, just dumb parenting. I do think some parents give their children access to guns at a way early age, hell I was 15 before my father took me target shooting, and that was after I had completed a gun safety course.

[Gravitycollapse]

6. The image of a "dirty" foreign child with an AK-47 is synonymous with child soldiers.

Hence, the poster you're responding to is likely pointing that out.

[EOTE]

12. So brown kids with guns are child soldiers, while white kids with guns are responsible, little

adults? Or is it the type of gun that they're using that makes one a child soldier and the other not? If that's the case, why are the gun nuts constantly telling us that AKs and ARs are just dandy for hunting or just good ol' fashioned gun shootin'?

[baldguy]

13. 44% of Republicans are looking for "2nd Amendment solutions" to enforce their political will.

Who do you think they'll get to fight that war?

[Gravitycollapse]

4. I can't decide if this OP is revelation or completely absurd.

So...yeah. I guess I'll just wait and see what others say.

[pipoman]

7. Culture war...it's what's for breakfast..

[Progressive dog]

9. Just teaching the little ones how the killing devices work

while they're still too young to understand death. What could go wrong with that?

[Dreamer Tatum]

10. What a desperate reach nt

[Brickbat]

11. Sorry, MadHound!

I was about to post "now you've done it" but got distracted, and when I saw this come up again, I saw that your post got hidden. You've done it, indeed.