Five-year-old boy kills 12-foot-long 800-pound alligator

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Oct 3, 2009 8:58 AM EDT

Article Source: Telegraph

odd-news, texas, hunting, alligator, shotgun, five-year-old, 410

Simon Hughes was on a hunting trip with his father when they came across the massive reptile.
The boy grabbed his junior-sized .410-gauge shotgun and fired at the creature which was 20 times his size and is one of the biggest ever seen in Texas.

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Killfile

I'm not generally impressed with hunting but that takes some brass ones.

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#1 - Sat Oct 3, 2009 9:41 AM EDT

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Par4TheCourse

Anyone that would allow their child to use a gun - is an imbecile

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#1.1 - Sat Oct 3, 2009 2:42 PM EDT

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Killfile

Why? The best way to teach your kids to respect firearms and that they're not toys is to teach them how to use them. It's a lesson in personal responsibility and one that I've really come to believe in.

I'm no gun fanatic by any stretch of the imagination but guns exist in our society and kids are going to encounter them. At least teaching those kids about these weapons makes them less likely to do something very very foolish when/if they encounter them without adult supervision.

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#1.2 - Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:27 PM EDT

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bluejohnnyd

/agree with Killfile here. Where I live, out in the rural stretches of VA, guns and hunting are quite common. However, all of the kids I know who count hunting as one of their hobbies are quite cognizant of the fact that a gun is a lethal tool that demands respect.

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#1.3 - Sat Oct 3, 2009 7:21 PM EDT

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Courts

Anyone that would allow their child to use a gun - is an imbecile

That's a narrow minded perspective.

I have been shooting and hunting since I was very young. Now I teach hunter safety and work with youth programs. Today I participated in the National Wild Turkey Federation's JAKES event (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics, and Sportsmanship) where hundreds of kids "used guns." Next week I'll lead a similar event for another group of children. These kids learn about history, ethics, skills, land use and wildlife management, and firearm safety.

What's wrong with that?

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#1.4 - Sun Oct 4, 2009 9:01 PM EDT

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Rascal 2.0

lack of education is a bigger problem. I would rather show my child a gun, explain its basic operations and give them a health respect for guns, than have him find one somewhere and not understand the danger of it.

Coffee cans and a 20 guage can teach a child a lot.

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#1.5 - Sun Oct 4, 2009 10:23 PM EDT

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