10-17-1853: "when the fact is known that almost every lad of twelve years of age has a gun at his command.”

   This short article sure states a lot:

Daily Dispatch, “Fire arms are dangerous playthings for small-boys, and we have often wondered that so few accidents occur from them, when the fact is known that almost every lad of twelve years of age has a gun at his command.”, Oct. 17, 1853

   Can hear the LIE-berals screeching from here....