• Rifle

• Pistol

• BB gun

• Automatic (fully)

• Semiautomatic

• Dart gun

• Black powder gun

• Illegal gun

• Target pistol

• Blanks pistol

• Shotgun

• Single shot

• Sawed off shotgun

• Service Revolver

• Police issue pistol

• Military assault weapon

• Hunting rifle

• Air gun

• Air soft

• Paint ball gun

• Pellet gun

This is not about gun control! It is about a family member (or anyone) intentionally using a lethal weapon to threaten or physically harm a child, between birth and 13 years old.

For instance, a sibling who shoots a younger child with a BB gun traumatizes the child.  A child who is threatened with a gun, "to shoot" you, is especially terrorized if the child knows the destructive power of a weapon.

Adult alcoholics will relate these stories either when extremely intoxicated or when struggling in recovery.

Extreme trauma creates a "chi-ult," an adult who will remain at the same emotional age when the trauma took place, even as they mature into adulthood.  Repeat offenders are one example of a chi-ult.