AIR-RIFLE DANGER
DUTY OF PARENTS
WIDESPREAD IGNORANCE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day.
The danger of parents allowing young children to use air rifles was exemplified when a boy, aged J. 4, appeared in. the Children's Court as a result of seriously injuring another lad in the eye. The Magistrate, Mr. Wyvern Wilson, stressed the responsibility'of parents, and. stated that an -air rifle was a firearm within, the meaning .of the Act, and a .dangerous weapon in the hands of children. :
■'. The damage in this case was done while a group of boys were playing in a city park. , The child welfare officer remarked that in the course of his inquiries he had found that' a considerable number of parents did not realise 'their responsibility in the matter,, and were not aware that it was an offence, for children to have possession of air rifles/ .' : ' ■ '' '■ ' ■ '. -i ~:
The Magistrate directed that ' the Press .be asked to give some' publicity to the case, thus indicating the seriousness of the offence.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 11
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