Frank Warren writes:
You argue your own straw man here, as though a very young [...]
person, has a realistic option besides a firearm.
Now there's an idea for the anti-spanking crowd: Arm the very young
and their parents will have second thoughts about spanking them. I
can see the placards at the next gun-rights demonstration now:
"GUN RIGHTS FOR KIDS"
"KIDS HAVE A RIGHT TO SELF DEFENCE"
"NO MORE HOMEWORK"
Gun manufacturers will finally take into account this market segment
in their product design: smaller guns for smaller hands, lighter
trigger pulls, bright colours, tie ins with cartoon characters (Elmer
Fudd?)...
Gary Kleck will conduct a survey of defensive gun use amongst the
under 10 segment of the population and find over 5 million such uses
(Highlights: 52% of uses against "bad guys", 22% against space aliens.
An average of 27 shots fired per DGU).
What are you waiting for? Act now! GUNS FOR KIDS!!