RE: Raise the hunting age?
You've got to think, though, that we want kids to start hunting. And I know from expierence its pretty hard to focus on the hunt when you know you won't make a kill. It wasn't 12-year-olds killing each other in Wisconsin, it was a bunch of idiots killing each other over a deer stand!!! In my opinion teach your kid gun safety as early an age as possible. I too started out BB, then 410, then when I hit 10 got my first 20 gauge and so on and so forth. Because I was taught to be safe and how dangerous a gun is at a young age, it is now second nature for me to be safe in the woods or field. You have to isolate the problem. I don't hear very often of a 12 year old accidentally shooting somebody. ITS THE HUNTERS WHO HAVENT BEEN TAUGHT EARLY ON!!!