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Rolando@lemmy.world to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 1 year ago

Everett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)

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Everett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)

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Rolando@lemmy.world to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 1 year ago
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Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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    I honestly think he had every right to do that in that situation. Kid aims a gun at you and gets a spanking? Kid got of light…

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      It was surprising to see Everett say he didn’t have the right to spank him when he beats the shit out of guys all the time with nary a thought.

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        Kids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.

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          Where is the follow up comic of Everett slapping the parents around?

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          But isn’t beating someone up also a violation of their rights?

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            Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.

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              In this case, the rights refer to the adult who “owned” them.

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                Right, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.

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                  Yes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.

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      I’m guessing it’s a BB gun, but still not good to point at people

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        Yeah it makes no difference, a gun is a gun.

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          That’s Gun 101.

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          Not really true in practice. Airsoft and paintball are guns in form and function but they are intended to be aimed at people for fun.

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            Even with Airsoft/Paintball you would practice gun safety, and not point them at people who are not part of the event, or who are but are not actively ready to participate.

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        Could still fuck your eyes up.

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      I think he was pointing the gun at the bird.

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        there’s a person too close. He should not be aiming at the bird either

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