Boy Scouts Ban Water-Gun Fights Because Squirt Guns Are ‘Simulated Firearms’

[CherryPanda]

So, why exactly water guns are so dangerous they need to ban it? Because boy scouts are kind and kind people don't point guns at others? And what do kind people do when they are the ones to be pointed at?
This news feels disturbing to me. Kids are being deprived of one of the greatest funs because of some doubtul safety. And guns are being demonized.
What's next? A straitjacket in order not to hurt oneself? And what kind of adults are going those kids to become?

Boy Scouts of America has banned both squirt-gun fights and anything involving a water balloon larger than a ping-pong ball. “Pointing any type of firearm or simulated firearm at any individual is unauthorized,” states the group’s 2015 manual. “Water guns and rubber band guns must only be used to shoot at targets, and eye protection must be worn,” it continues. As for those other dangerous weapons, water balloons, they may be “no larger than a ping-pong ball” and must be biodegradable. Sound like a bit much? Well, according to Bryan Wendell, authort of the blog Bryan on Scouting, there’s a actually perfectly logical explanation:

“A Scouter once told me this explanation I liked quite a bit: ‘A Scout is kind. What part of pointing a firearm [simulated or otherwise] at someone is kind?” True point,” he writes.

Boy Scouts Ban Water-Gun Fights Because Squirt Guns Are Simulated Firearms National Review Online

 

[rightwinger]

Seems more legal than any fear of guns

Scouts are very safety conscious and water guns of today are much, much more powerful than we had as kids

Many kids get their first exposure to guns and gun safety through the scouts

 

[M14 Shooter]

Stupid, piled high and deep.

 

[rightwinger]

My son left the scouts ten years ago

At that time, they would not let us take the boys to play paintball. We took them anyway, but it couldn't be a scouting activity

 

[daws101]

it's changed a lot since I was a scout back then you could play
Mumblety-peg
Mumblety-peg is an old outdoor game played by children using pocketknives. The term "Mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth. Mumbletypeg was very popular as a schoolyard game in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, but with increased concern over child safety the game has declined in popularity. Mark Twain's book Tom Sawyer, Detective recounts "mumbletypeg" as one of boys' favorite outdoor games.
and throw axe's at wooden target at the scout O rama

 

[rightwinger]

it's changed a lot since I was a scout back then you could play
Mumblety-peg
Mumblety-peg is an old outdoor game played by children using pocketknives. The term "Mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth. Mumbletypeg was very popular as a schoolyard game in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, but with increased concern over child safety the game has declined in popularity. Mark Twain's book Tom Sawyer, Detective recounts "mumbletypeg" as one of boys' favorite outdoor games.
and throw axe's at wooden target at the scout O rama

I remember that

But still today, Scouts is the only activity where the boys can carry knives and use them unsupervised. They also have access to saws and axes

My son would shoot .22 s and 12 gauge shotguns as well as high powered archery

They are far from "whimpy" when it comes to guns

 

[Kosh]

Squirt Guns Are ‘Simulated Firearms’

You sure it wasn't because it may lead to anyone of these boys to become a porn star?

 

[AmericanFirst]

So, why exactly water guns are so dangerous they need to ban it? Because boy scouts are kind and kind people don't point guns at others? And what do kind people do when they are the ones to be pointed at?
This news feels disturbing to me. Kids are being deprived of one of the greatest funs because of some doubtul safety. And guns are being demonized.
What's next? A straitjacket in order not to hurt oneself? And what kind of adults are going those kids to become?

Boy Scouts of America has banned both squirt-gun fights and anything involving a water balloon larger than a ping-pong ball. “Pointing any type of firearm or simulated firearm at any individual is unauthorized,” states the group’s 2015 manual. “Water guns and rubber band guns must only be used to shoot at targets, and eye protection must be worn,” it continues. As for those other dangerous weapons, water balloons, they may be “no larger than a ping-pong ball” and must be biodegradable. Sound like a bit much? Well, according to Bryan Wendell, authort of the blog Bryan on Scouting, there’s a actually perfectly logical explanation:

“A Scouter once told me this explanation I liked quite a bit: ‘A Scout is kind. What part of pointing a firearm [simulated or otherwise] at someone is kind?” True point,” he writes.

Boy Scouts Ban Water-Gun Fights Because Squirt Guns Are Simulated Firearms National Review Online

Liberalism at it's worst.

 

[pismoe]

its just brain washing , making boys into little wusses .

 

[rightwinger]

its just brain washing , making boys into little wusses .

Any other major organization that allows 11 year olds access to guns and knives?

 

[Kosh]

it's changed a lot since I was a scout back then you could play
Mumblety-peg
Mumblety-peg is an old outdoor game played by children using pocketknives. The term "Mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth. Mumbletypeg was very popular as a schoolyard game in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, but with increased concern over child safety the game has declined in popularity. Mark Twain's book Tom Sawyer, Detective recounts "mumbletypeg" as one of boys' favorite outdoor games.
and throw axe's at wooden target at the scout O rama

I remember that

But still today, Scouts is the only activity where the boys can carry knives and use them unsupervised. They also have access to saws and axes

My son would shoot .22 s and 12 gauge shotguns as well as high powered archery

They are far from "whimpy" when it comes to guns

Good thing he got that training, but I doubt that training came from you!

 

[Kosh]

its just brain washing , making boys into little wusses .

Any other major organization that allows 11 year olds access to guns and knives?

Street gangs?

 

[pismoe]

its just brain washing , making boys into little wusses .

Any other major organization that allows 11 year olds access to guns and knives?

certainly but that was a few years in the past Rightwinger . He11 , I used to always carry a pocketknife at school , church and everywhere else in the past , Son did the same 25 years ago , it was common . Used to take my 22 rifle to school on the school bus , walk or hitch hike home with it and I was 11 or 12 .

 

[pismoe]

and heck , they teach little boys to be wusses when it comes to being bullied , can't fight back . Its plain for me to see that boys are being feminized Rightwinger !!

 

[Nutz]

The pussification of America continues.

 

[Nutz]

Thanks for nothing, feminists.

 

[rightwinger]

its just brain washing , making boys into little wusses .

Any other major organization that allows 11 year olds access to guns and knives?

certainly but that was a few years in the past Rightwinger . He11 , I used to always carry a pocketknife at school , church and everywhere else in the past , Son did the same 25 years ago , it was common . Used to take my 22 rifle to school on the school bus , walk or hitch hike home with it and I was 11 or 12 .

11 year old scouts are allowed to openly carry knives without supervision

Any other youth organization do that?

 

[Nutz]

its just brain washing , making boys into little wusses .

Any other major organization that allows 11 year olds access to guns and knives?

certainly but that was a few years in the past Rightwinger . He11 , I used to always carry a pocketknife at school , church and everywhere else in the past , Son did the same 25 years ago , it was common . Used to take my 22 rifle to school on the school bus , walk or hitch hike home with it and I was 11 or 12 .

11 year old scouts are allowed to openly carry knives without supervision

Any other youth organization do that?

Owning a knife is part of boyhood. When your parents give you your first knife...it is a rite of passage...a step towards manhood and self reliance.

 

[Nutz]

First knife...11 or 12
First BB Gun...13 or 14
First rifle...15 or 16
First handgun 17 up

The progression of boy to man.

 

[rightwinger]

First knife...11 or 12
First BB Gun...13 or 14
First rifle...15 or 16
First handgun 17 up

The progression of boy to man.

First condom?