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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 26 points 3 months ago (4 children)

if you told me they sell a gun specifically for children in texas i would absolutely believe it.

that state is fucking crazy

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 14 points 3 months ago

There’s a brand of 22 rifles named cricket that are specifically designed to teach children how to shoot they’ve got built-in safety locks that are a bitch if you lose the key

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I was just in the bass pro shop in Memphis the other day, and I did in fact see light caliber rifles specifically marketed for children to use.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

...i mean, i got my first BB gun in third grade and my first twenty-gauge in fourth grade, both youth firearms for christmas in texas; our semi-automatic twenty-twos were hand-me-downs from younger cousins in mississippi who'd graduated to thirty-thirties...

[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

They do in California too. It's the whole country.