This is true! A baby in the USA holds a firearms license. It has a photo and a scribble from the baby.Considering recent events (shootings) do u think it beyond stupid that this can occur?. Here in Australia we have strict gun laws so that no child under 12 may hold this type of license (which still may be too young) . Dont get me wrong...both my husband and myself hold firearms licences so I am NOT anti-gun. But I seriously think this is a crazy act. How can this sort of thing fall through the gaps?. Does any1 else agree??
2007-05-16 22:31:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The baby does actually have a gun! The grandfather bought him 1.
2007-05-16 22:39:08 · update #1
Funny how u need to pass a test to proove u can drive before u can get a drivers licence.... but to get a gun u dont even need to be able to sign ur own name. Americans really need to rethink their gun laws & this right to bear arms crap. I'm not anti guns but if ur going to own a gun I think it should be a requirment that u do some training & know how to handle it safely & properly!
2007-05-16 22:46:36 · answer #1 · answered by J D 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The salt content is too high in ready brek for a baby- plus there's not nearly the same amount of vitamins and minerals in it. Baby food companies have us by the short and curlies- they know they can almost charge what they like as their products are better. By DD (3 in 3 weeks) still has Cow and Gate Toddler balance cereals now- at £2.50 a box, that lasts little over a week, it isn't cheap, but I stock up when they're on offer and stuff. Also, if you have a Boots card buy uor nappies, wipes, follow-on formula etc from there and the points will almost pay for it ha ha. As for weetabix- you can buy Hipp-a-bisk, made y Hipp, which are weetabix-like things but contain no salt and also have loads more vitamins and stuff. As you'd only ned 1 for a baby a day this doesn't work out too expensive.
2016-05-20 18:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is riddiculous and is an example of how gun laws in most countries are fatally flawed.
In the UK, the only way you can have a firearm liscence is if you are a farmer, or if you are a member of a shooting club. The US is a dangerous society where uneducated people can legally own a liscence to kill people. The rules date back to a time where guns were needed for your protection, and these rules should be revised immediately. In the UK, the police dont even need guns because only the hardest core of criminals use them - housebreakers and robbers will use knives instead. The answer to gun problems in any country - follow the UKs example, we have a fraction of the deaths from gun crime of the states. Were not perfect, but this is one thing we have consistently got right!
2007-05-16 23:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by someguysomewhere 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The father was trying to keep the kid legal since the Grandpa bought it as a birth gift. There have been confiscations of firearms in IL because gun owners allowed their FOID to expire, something that the article fails to mention.
If the father would have registered it under his own name then he would be violating IL's gun laws. So are you upset that someone in IL actually obeys the law?
2007-05-17 00:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by .45 Peacemaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you got the story about half right. This case was in Ohio, I believe. The grandfather sent the application in, more or less, being funny. And through bureaucratic mishap, the paperwork slipped through the cracks and the application was approved. C'mon..... there have been worse things happen in bureaucracy. I recall cases where people claimed their cats and dogs on their income taxes and actually got away with it for awhile. This situation is just as absurd.
Hey, he's a 10 month old boy, I seriously doubt he even knows what a rifle looks like! But when he's old enough, he'll be licensed!!
Lighten up, y'all.........it's not that bad!
2007-05-16 22:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by C J 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Well that is one gun owner who won't cause a fatality just yet. As long as Dad keeps that shotgun locked up securely everybody will be safe until Grandad starts teaching him how to use it when he's about four.
2007-05-16 22:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by Ted T 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's one of the dumb things that can happen when you deal with a bureaucracy the baby isn't going to go out and kill any one. To the people in the UK and Europe now that you can't own guns what is the preferred method of killing someone in your country/ or are you telling us that your country is crime free?
2007-05-17 01:19:42 · answer #7 · answered by hdean45 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think its totally nuts and if you ask me nobody should be allowed to get a permit until they join the military for a few years and get some experience under trusted surviellance. They would be serving their country and learn weapons safety. Win/Win right?
2007-05-16 22:38:54 · answer #8 · answered by Cpl Ryea, Leland 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you read the WHOLE article you'd see they did'nt give him a gun just the license. the father filled it out as a joke to see if he could actually get a permit. I'm pretty sure (hope) that nobody is stupid enough to give a ten month old a gun.
2007-05-16 22:37:33 · answer #9 · answered by phobosaffear 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I agree.Where I live, in EU, gun laws are really very strict.
2007-05-16 22:34:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋