Wow! Not 20 days after we put up a blog post and video about the purse carry,we see this story in the news. In a nutshell, dad gives daughter a Derringer-type double-barrel .38 Special to carry for self protection. The girls is a minor and didn’t receive any gun training. The firearm discharged and the bullet went through a chair and wall barely missing several customers.
We cant let this pass without pointing out the gross errors made:
- Don’t buy your underage son or daughter a gun. Don’t allow them to handle a gun without sending them to training and making them practice with the firearm until they have achieved at least a basic level of proficiency. This girl was in greater jeopardy with a gun than without.
- If you are willing to spend the money for a gun, spend a little bit more for a concealed carry purse. There are several very good options on the market (we stock a number ourselves) and the integral holster will protect against accidental discharge.
- Federal Law says you must be 21 to own and/or carry a concealed weapon (18 for a long arm and it must be open carry.) This girl was sited with underage carrying of a firearm – not her father.
Consider this a plea for parents everywhere to exercise sound judgement when it comes to educating your kids about firearms. This is a story we just posted on our Facebook wall about a 12 year old girl who defended her home from intruders with a pink .22 rifle. She had been trained in the use of the gun and had practiced with it. She went to her mom’s closet and called 911. In other words she acted responsibly, as opposed to the Wyoming incident where innocent people were almost shot.
Whistling Pines Gun Club
