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Originally Posted by BigFish
It was pretty stupid on the fathers behalf to allow his son to fire such a weapon but even more irresponsible for the instructors to allow it!
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This gets to the heart of the issue.
Most people don't know enough about firearms to make that call. I know that I wouldn't have known enough to make that call, personally.
FPP on the other hand immediately would have said "no way", and so should the instructor.
At some point, every parent needs to trust someone else's judgement on the best thing for their kid, who knows more than s/he does about a particular subject matter.
Kid goes on a fishing trip, falls into the prop wash because the captain took a wave wrong?
Kid's on a rollercoaster and the technician doesn't tighten the safety harness down enough?
The RSO should have said "Haeeeeeeeelll naw!" and told the father just what might happen.