BIL got my SIX-year-old nephew a rifle for Christmas. Not a BB gun, a hunting rifle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure your BIL could sense your inappropriate disapproval.

Good.

I didn't want to be in a house where a six-year-old is handed a rifle. My approval was appropriate, and I think one of the main reasons he decided to give it to him at my parents house and not at home is to see our reaction.

He LOVES the attention his idiocracy brings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
It is their kid not yours. Mind your own business. What is the point of bringing this up?

Giving a deadly weapon to a Kindergartener is fucking ridiculous. The point of my post is that my BIL is a moronic neanderthal who thinks it's funny to give "controversial" gifts to prove a point.

I don't want my children to suffer at the hands of my BILs social Darwinism. What really pissed me off was that he thought it was ok to make comments to my DH when we decided to leave.

Oh, it was perfectly clear what was really bugging you. Drop the politics for one day, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed.

ditto. It's so inappropriate to give a gift like this. You can turn it in at a police station.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is their kid not yours. Mind your own business. What is the point of bringing this up?

Giving a deadly weapon to a Kindergartener is fucking ridiculous. The point of my post is that my BIL is a moronic neanderthal who thinks it's funny to give "controversial" gifts to prove a point.

I don't want my children to suffer at the hands of my BILs social Darwinism. What really pissed me off was that he thought it was ok to make comments to my DH when we decided to leave.

Oh, it was perfectly clear what was really bugging you. Drop the politics for one day, OP.

So if a 6-year old shoots your kid with the rifle he just received for Christmas, that's politics?
It seems to me it's actually just idiocy on his parents' part.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed.

ditto. It's so inappropriate to give a gift like this. You can turn it in at a police station.

Sorry, I just realized it was your nephew.

[Anonymous]

To all the posters who mock the OP,

Would you be comfortable being a guest in a house where a father has just offered his 6 year old a hunting rifle, and is helping him practice?

[Anonymous]

Not your kid. Some folks think that teaching kids early on about responsible gun handling and safety could actually avoid a tragedy down the road. You never know what a kid is going to see at a friend's house, kwim?

Sometimes we parents know what we're doing..lol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed.

ditto. It's so inappropriate to give a gift like this. You can turn it in at a police station.

NP here
I don't like guns. But what are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure your BIL could sense your inappropriate disapproval.

Great!

I'm sure BIL LOVED our obvious disapproval. He lives and breaths off of the attention he gets, it's his life. I'm sure we are 80% of the reason he decided to give my nephew the gift at my parents house and not at their own home this morning.

I assume it's also the reason he decided to go on a racist rant about Mike Brown, Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin over Christmas lunch or why he thinks it's hilarious to make "go make me a sandwich" and "women belong in the kitchen" jokes all day. He loves to think he is controversial and edgy, when in reality he is just a complete dumbass who peaked in High School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be pissed.

ditto. It's so inappropriate to give a gift like this. You can turn it in at a police station.

Sorry, I just realized it was your nephew.

and hence, none of her business. Notice how many posters thought OP was referring to her own child. Because then it would be reasonable for her to express her opinion versus leaving a family gathering in a snit and making sure that everyone knew why. What a special day you have made this for your parents, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

To all the posters who mock the OP,

Would you be comfortable being a guest in a house where a father has just offered his 6 year old a hunting rifle, and is helping him practice?

YUP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not your kid. Some folks think that teaching kids early on about responsible gun handling and safety could actually avoid a tragedy down the road. You never know what a kid is going to see at a friend's house, kwim?

Sometimes we parents know what we're doing..lol.

Yes, perhaps.

But OP is making it clear that her BIL is a moron. And morons shouldn't handle guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

To all the posters who mock the OP,

Would you be comfortable being a guest in a house where a father has just offered his 6 year old a hunting rifle, and is helping him practice?

Yes. Next question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure your BIL could sense your inappropriate disapproval.

Good.

I didn't want to be in a house where a six-year-old is handed a rifle. My approval was appropriate, and I think one of the main reasons he decided to give it to him at my parents house and not at home is to see our reaction.

He LOVES the attention his idiocracy brings.

No, your disapproval wasn't appropriate. How fuckimg dare you go to someone else's home and judge them? On a holiday, no less? You sound like a pearl-clutching, narrow-minded scold. I am guessing you know nothing about guns. I am also guessing you are frequently wrong about things but rarely in doubt. You strident bitch. Shame on you.

She wasn't in their home dumb-ass. Put down your rifle and work on your reading comp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure your BIL could sense your inappropriate disapproval.

Great!

I'm sure BIL LOVED our obvious disapproval. He lives and breaths off of the attention he gets, it's his life. I'm sure we are 80% of the reason he decided to give my nephew the gift at my parents house and not at their own home this morning.

I assume it's also the reason he decided to go on a racist rant about Mike Brown, Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin over Christmas lunch or why he thinks it's hilarious to make "go make me a sandwich" and "women belong in the kitchen" jokes all day. He loves to think he is controversial and edgy, when in reality he is just a complete dumbass who peaked in High School.

So now we get to the real issue