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10 Months is Old Enough for a Gun Permit in Illinois

baby with a gunTen month old Bubba Ludwig can't vote, he can't legally drink, he can't join the army - hell, he probably can't even walk, but he has a gun permit issued by the state of Illinois.

Bubba's Dad is Howard Ludwig. Howard is a columnist and I assume he filled out the form for his child to see what would happen. The child's grandfather bought the baby a shotgun as a gift (don't get me started on that). Bubba's dad filled out accurate information on the application including his 20 pound weight, height and baby picture.

The permit was issued with the baby picture on it.  

Now Bubba has a legal gun, I guess. He can't buy any more guns in Illinois until he is 18, so it might be a little while before he can start a real collection.

I think I am going to be sick. Good for the second amendment and everything, but even Charlton Heston couldn't convince me that a ten month old has any use for a shotgun.


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Comments

 

Grammy said:

OMG get that horrifying picture off of there please?  I can't believe people are stupid enough to have GIVEN a baby a gun of any kind.  Some people in this world are so screwed up.

May 18, 2007 11:41 AM
 

Karen Murphy said:

Seems to me that the first clue there is something amiss is the fact that there's a baby named "Bubba".

May 18, 2007 12:04 PM
 

Jason said:

This photo is disturbing and makes me never want to log on here again.  The photo is not necessary for this story.  Maybe you should have used the child's actual permit instead.  Shame on you.

May 18, 2007 1:59 PM
 

Morgan said:

I agree! How irresponsible are YOU, Babble? I can see you want to get your point across but that photo is not the way to do it. Use some common sense.

May 18, 2007 2:01 PM
 

RachelZ said:

It's called PHOTOSHOP, people.  Quit with all the pearl-clutching.

I'm more horrified by the fact that more than one person had to deal with all this paperwork and apparently not one person said "WTF?"

May 18, 2007 2:42 PM

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