Just plain scary: 9-year-old with a gun

Who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to advertise hunting to children? Here is a group that offered a contest where the winning child was treated to a three day hunter's paradise trip... shotgun included.

When the child's father teased her, here was her reacion:

At one point, as the group crossed a wooden bridge, Samantha's father, Scott, who had accompanied her - and had filled out her application for the hunting contest - teased her that trolls lived under the bridge.

"Dad," Samantha said with bravado, "I got a gun."

Is is just me or is there something wrong with this picture?