10yo boy gift ideas

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cauncy said...
Instead of buying our kids presents we sponsored a kid from the money(world vision), we got a strange look when they opened the card from the little bloke, but makes your kids appreciate things more , especially when they were sent a picture and a heartfelt letter from him thanking them,

its a good idea and i had considered..

Mark,

I looked into the below links, and then rang the police to ask for confirmation, in case I missed anything.

You know, the old "ignorance of the law is no excuse" stuff, I wasn't prepared to take the chance.

Have a read, and see what you make of it.

The first includes any bow as a "controlled weapon";

www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/wa/consol_reg/wr1999216/sch2.html

The next lists those who are able be in possession of same;

www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/wa1999107/s7.html

And the next what the exceptions are;

www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/wa1999107/s10.html


There was enough doubt as to specifics for me to make a call, and was told that on an archery range, as a listed member, it was OK, but I would need to leave it at the range, because anywhere other than that would be carrying a controlled weapon outside the exceptions.

I hate all this stuff with a passion, it would be nice if we could buy the odd cracker or hundred for instance. What is the point in creating laws to protect Darwin Award nominees from their likely outcome, at the expense of a normal happy life for the rest?

Rant over.

Happy hunting Myusername, you have plenty of suggestions.

Regards,

I'm quite interested in one, so long as you include the receipt so I can send it back if it can't mow the lawns or wash the dishes...

This sounds about right, as long as it is properly stored and reasonably secured at home, and you take reasonable steps to travel direct from home to the range or appropriate place to use, then directly home afterwards, you fit within the definition of lawful excuse.

www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_1070_homepage.html

If it works above should be a link to the WA Weapons Act, Controlled weapons are in section 7, and if you look at the list of Controlled weapons in the regulations most sheds in Australia would have something on the list.

www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2205_homepage.html

WOW!!!!

Yeah, get your boy the compound bow,

Then in forty yrs he can come on a fun thread and turn it into ones right to be armed

Growing up, the kid next door had a bb gun, when he was teenager, him and his friend decided to shoot people at a near by park

They eventually shot a random woman in the eye, they were arrested, charged, and were sent off to remand

The lady they shot, that lost her eye, used to come to Ballina High school and give talks about the dangers of weapons

The kid who shot the lady was a normal enough teenager, but after 9mths remand, he came back as a someone who know longer cared about doing well for himself......

He was a really good golfer before the incident, but when he came back he was interested in golf, looking back, he was suffering from depression as he tried to understand what he had done, it probably took him yrs to work through it mentally, assuming he ever did

I wonder if that bb gun was a nerf toy if it would still have ended up having such a negative impact on that kids life

There was zero reason for this kid to have any need or access to any weapon, he was simply the product of being raised by someone who thought weapons were important enough to expose his kids to the risks and consequences of life with weapons......not to mention what the beautiful woman who had her eye shot out

People have no right to advocate weapons as presents or suggested they are just like toys

Big jump from shooting Nerfs at people to know having a cross bow......sure it will go well

He would never play it with it to impress friends, things could never go wrong, its not like his being influenced with fantasy violence all his life..............

Plus his future is looking great with weapons, he can come on sites that have zero to do with weapons and continue to promote there use

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craze said..
WOW!!!!

Yeah, get your boy the compound bow,

Then blah blah

Big jump from shooting Nerfs at people to know having a cross bow......sure it will go well

He would never play it with it to impress friends, things could never go wrong, its not like his being influenced with fantasy violence all his life..............

Plus his future is looking great with weapons, he can come on sites that have zero to do with weapons and continue to promote there use

Nobody said crossbow
nobody said weapon
nobody said unsupervised.

long bow to draw buddy

anyway back on topic, yes the magic kit
my 10 y/o loves it

so a compound bow doesnt fall under. .....
a controlled WEAPON
My bad, its a controlled toy!!!!!

do ever consider the impact having weapons on you, in your house, at your disposal as had on you.....

you are to weapons what bono is to 911
they appear to be something that is constantly on your mind

even when discussing gifts for a 10yr old, its weapons

you should try and get rid of your weapons, so you can be free of the massive influence they have had on you

I think it was all good until the new guy arrived
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I wonder who it might be........

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GypsyDrifter said..


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Bit expensive....but I want one

that is not for kids!!!!!!! I want one! but.............. OK I am a big kid!

How is somebody turning every second thread into weapons promotion ?
Who said crossbow ?
Who's the irresponsible idiot out shooting people with bb guns ?
Thats right its craze
So craze when i go to the archery club or i take my kids to karate I'm promoting violence like all the other parents there am I?
So whats your suggest for a ten year old boy?
Nice dress?
Teletubbies box set?
Thomas the tank toys ?
Large box full of cotton wool ?
Maybe a barbie doll ?
I don't believe you even posted a suggestion .
Your just attacking people who have .
So why arnt those posts deleted ?

Lets see if this gets deleted.
Cant really understand why the last one did.

i think a compound bow is a perfectly legit and suitable gift, so long as the kiddie is adequatley supervised. I think it was a good suggestion.shooting at an archery range or even bowhuntinmg is a perfeclty legit and wholesome activity if done right imho. those that jump down someones throat merely for suggesting it maybe should look at themselves. I take my kiddie spearfishing.

Craze do you even have kids?
Who said its the only way to teach responsibility?
My kids make stuff in shed they have to learn how to use tools responsibly as well its just another lesson.
Who remembers what they got when they were 10 ?
I do got a transistor radio lasted for 10 years
Nobody when its landfill 6 months later .
So i made a suggestion that should last .
The kids already got pokimon & nerfs & at 10 they grow out of that so fast its not funny. By 11 he wont even play with them if they last that long . I'll bet the pokimon & nerfs are already on the decline .

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actiomax said..
Craze do you even have kids?
Who said its the only way to teach responsibility?
My kids make stuff in shed they have to learn how to use tools responsibly as well its just another lesson.
Who remembers what they got when they were 10 ?
I do got a transistor radio lasted for 10 years
Nobody when its landfill 6 months later .
So i made a suggestion that should last .
The kids already got pokimon & nerfs & at 10 they grow out of that so fast its not funny. By 11 he wont even play with them if they last that long . I'll bet the pokimon & nerfs are already on the decline .

Man, can you see me from all the way up there.......im all the way down here........here I am

How come when people say the flying jetski is a stupid idea, their not met with the same over the top defensive crap that one receives when suggesting weapons is a stupid idea?????????????????????????????????????????????????

So a compound bow is a gift for life??????

A lasting idea..................

Its reshonkulous, as stated, people who live with weapons end up getting real weird about what they represent in ones life
In the worlds easiest, most peaceful country, one would think time could be better spent then firing arrows at hay bales, then eventually animals, maybe humans

In my opinion, there are a billion better gift ideas for a 10yr then a weapon

And if the kid gets the weapon, hurts himself, someone else,
turns out things get black for him during his adolescences, still a good idea that his got a compound bow

When is it a bad idea??

I have 9 children, all unarmed ............9 different moms......I should be fricken armed.......with a condom.........or less charm and sex appeal

The 9 different mums are in all the different places he served with the SEALs
Or maybe the at the studs where he broke in over 50 horses.

An 18 yo blonde