First trip with the new TT
Friday I loaded up the trailer and pulled it down to the Rogue River near Grants Pass. It was great to have a spot with no one else on the property! I was able to let the dogs and kids run free with n...
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jandjbaums wrote:
Some people do raise their kids to respect rules and things. I just dont get the problem with the handgun thing. A lot of people dont camp on concrete pads and have their blenders and icemakers out on the table with campers on all sides 10ft apart. I have a friend that owns property about 20 mi from the OP and just the other day his trail cam had 4 mountain lions on it just 100ft of where they camp. I dont know about you but the gun on the table is surely quicker to get to than having it locked up in a cabinet and the ammo somewhere else when the big kitty is preying on your children. Just sayin
No matter how well you raise your kids, they'll slip up at times. Ignoring a handgun can require a level of personal discipline they just don't have at eight years old. If they slip up in this area the results can be truly catastrophic and it only takes seconds. Not a chance I'd want to take.
If my camping location put me within 100 feet of mountain lions that might prey on my kid, I'm pretty sure I'd just find a different place to camp.
Not to mention that if a mountain lion attacks a kid the location of the handgun probably won't much matter. Once the parent has the gun he/she somehow has to shoot at and hit the cat w/o harming the child. THEIR child! I don't think that will be too easy do to the emotional aspect. Doesn't matter how good you are with the gun. I doubt it's like the movies. Again, not a chance I'd want to take.
