On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 15:19:50 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:

We have. But one other point .... you corrected me about the difference
in Maryland's law regarding minimum age requirements. There's no
minimum age to possess an unregulated long gun but you have to be 18
to buy one. So, who is responsible for the 15 year old (or younger) kid
in possession of a rifle or shotgun?


That basically says the parents are still in charge and can teach the kid
about guns and safety. Just not the person turns 18, then buy a gun and
learn. Instead of all the registration laws that are being proposed and
won’t do anything to decrease the violence, I would not be opposed to a law
that says you have to pass a gun safety course. One equivalent to the NRA
course I took at 13 to get a hunting license. Which is still required by
the state of California to get a hunting license with very few exceptions.

We had the same kind of course in the day camp I went to in Maryland.
It was NRA sponsored with a NRA instructor, using air rifles. We still
treated them like real guns. In fact I never even heard of these "BB
gun fights" that people talk about now. If anyone had intentionally
shot someone with a BB gun, they would have been beaten by the parents
.... back when you could do that sort of stuff.
It didn't happen. I don't even remember anyone accidently shot
although I do know a few people who got hit by a BB coming straight
back at them because they hit something very hard.