GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan buys hunting kit for his 10-year-old daughter

America was founded on those values and they remain strong throughout the heartland. Hunting is a way of life that formed tight bonds among many families in this country and it is passed on from generation to generation. Why do you find that so strange?

We all know IC is terrified of gun rights; heaven forbid. They LOVE Obama and Christine Quinn though, and any leftist ideology of course. So much for any balance at IC.

McNamara31. All your percentages are fine except that people are killed by PEOPLE, using guns. Very few killers, if any, are members of the NRA. I know it's trite but true,if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

Tom Mo... Sadly another "American thing": Among the world’s 23 wealthiest countries, 80 percent of all gun deaths are American deaths, and 87 percent of all kids killed by guns are American kids. That being said;just because a vast amount of Americans have a psychosis about gun ownership doesn't make it right.I do agree with Kibbey's point that with over 300 million guns in the United States, all parents have to warn their kids about gun safety because of our non existent gun control that allows mentally unstable adults to buy guns and assault weapons at gun fairs.

Paul Ryan is merely exercising his Constitutional rights by buying a hunting rifle, but his 10-year old daughter is much young to be presented with this weapon. I'n not a fan of hunting and I never allow anyone, not even my fellow Legionnaire from the local post to hund in my own woods. However, I do bear in mind that ALL our Constitutional rights are very precious and we should always zealously protect them.

Eschetic. That would be the 2nd Amendment. Ryan like many millions of Americans is probably a member of the National Rifle Association. I am a proud member myself. Perople like Antoinette Kelly just don't get it. I thought my sons and daughter to shoot at targets when they were young. It's an American thing.

I'm not a hunter but I am a gun owner. I like making holes in paper, so sue me. Unlike other parts of the world, in America there are guns everywhere. A child going to a friends house to play may be confronted with an unsecured firearm. While the owner SHOULD have secured it, should'a, would'a and could'a do nothing to comfort a grieving parent. Every child in America needs to know the rules of gun safety whether they will ever own a gun or not. It is almost as important as teaching them to look both ways before crossing the street. While parents can not prevent their child from encountering a gun, they can all make sure that their child walks away from the encounter unharmed. This is as important for girls as it is for boys and I commend Paul Ryan for his freedom from gender-stereotypical thought in this instance. Maybe there is hope for him yet.

I can't honestly count this article as a slam on Ryan - I don't personally agree with his parenting choices (having a gun in the house statistically INCREASES your chances of being shot with it; there are NO statistics which support any supposed higher level of safety of "self defense"), but so long as this country misinterprets the First Amendment (which actually predicates gun ownership on membership in "a well organized militia") many "middle Americans" will insist on this ill-advised behavior. Ryan is at least consistent on this front of his midwestern beliefs and certainly should not be criticized for making sure that if his daughter MUST have a gun, she ALSO have the training which goes with responsible gun ownership.

Porickseantuny, was that Bristol Palin's problem or did she leave her aspirin at home?

Sick puppy.

These are the idiots (Ryan)that have been promoted by the likes of Hannity, Limbaugh, Roger Ailes and Karl Rove. Everything they support leads a trail back to "corporate money" or lobby like the NRA that Ryan was pandering to with this comment.Freedom to bear arms was not created with the aim that in the year 2012 this ignorant father would place a high powered rifle in a child's hand.

Whew! For a minute I thought a day would pass without IC finding something to blast the Republicans about. Not to worry. There's always something.

Hunting means being more self sufficient, something the nanny state politicians can't tolerate.

I suppose if he was out there buying her condoms or the morning after pill it would be considered acceptable. Hunting is still a legal sport in most parts of the United States. I imagine sex will soon take over as the most acceptable sport.