Grandpa gets baby gun as gift, dad gets baby a gun permit

sorry if this is a d_b, but the searches I did came up empty

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/baby-bubba-gets-state-gun-permit/20070516104709990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Please tell me... who's dumber? Gramps for giving a 10 month old a Beretta (endangering the welfare of a child?), Dad for allowing the gift to be given and applying for the permit, or the state police for actually issuing the permit?

 

I don't see how the child is being endangered when the story says the shotgun will be kept at grandpa's house.

And if grandpa bought a nice over/under Beretta for the kid, Bubba might be able to sell if for several thousand dollars once he hits driving age.

 

All of the above, EStreet.

Pop and Grandpa should be in jail for child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.

 

Bubba doesn't have much of a shot in life, huh?

 

Story says "probably" be kept at gramps' house.

That's if Bubba doesn't use the Beretta on someone else first.

 

As I said, I think this gift from the grandfather will turn into an investment piece. Beretta shotguns are high-dollar pieces that appreciate in value over the years.

 

The recoil on a 12-gauge will throw that baby back a good ten feet. Seriously, I doubt he will be able to physically shoot the thing until he's at least 12, and that's only if he's worked his way up starting with a .22.

 

Not if he can't shoot for shit.

 

I also forgot to add how completely surprised this is in Chicago and not a few hundred more likely places where they happily call kids, "Bubba."

 

That's good stuff.

 

Maybe it's precisely because Bubba lives in Chicago. If he lives in, say, Cabrini-Green, he'll be an outcast if he grows up not knowing how to handle a firearm.

 

Only in Chicago.