Guns made for kids: How young is too young to shoot?

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wfz said:

Marks said:

KHlover said:
I don't think anyone under 16 years old should be allowed to carry anything more than a BB gun.

So 16 would be your minimum age to even carry a firearm...but just two years later at 18 go ahead and put an M16 in his hands and ship him off to Afghanistan? That seems a bit ridiculous. 

Is that how our military works? No proper training? "Here 18 year old who just showed up: take this gun and jump in the plane. We're going to Afghanistan."

As as personal opinion: I don't think kids under the age of 18 should be given lethal firearms. Let them play with BB guns, pellet guns, etc.

agreed, same in the UK I can gaurantee 95% of British soldiers had never held a gun before going into the army, and they have some of the best trained soldiers out there