I really can't think of a good reason for a kid to be loading a handgun, unsupervised, at what looks like the kitchen table. (wcg, you want to weigh in on that one?)
Nothing comes to mind. I can remember sitting around the table in a hunting lodge loading rifles before heading out for some small game hunting, but there were adults present. Handguns are notoriously inaccurate as hunting weapons, so even if the youngster is a good enough hunter to be regularly going out on his own it'd still be odd to go with a handgun instead of a long gun.
The thing about a handgun that sets off my alarms is that it's concealable. If a child is loading a handgun, it suggests to me that he feels the need for a loaded gun and he wants to conceal it.
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Date: 2007-03-15 08:25 pm (UTC)Nothing comes to mind. I can remember sitting around the table in a hunting lodge loading rifles before heading out for some small game hunting, but there were adults present. Handguns are notoriously inaccurate as hunting weapons, so even if the youngster is a good enough hunter to be regularly going out on his own it'd still be odd to go with a handgun instead of a long gun.
The thing about a handgun that sets off my alarms is that it's concealable. If a child is loading a handgun, it suggests to me that he feels the need for a loaded gun and he wants to conceal it.