: Not the same experience. A gun brings a sence of power to the experience. The incredible power of a gun is where you get the responsibility. A camera has no power which doesn't teach a kid anything. SDF: Actually, a camera has plenty of power, it can publicize illegal hunting rather nicely, and in the hands of the Feds its products can produce rather neat convictions, so stay legal...
All kidding aside, the power of the camera is the power to tell the world about the things that it makes into images, people learn lots from cameras, ask the folks at NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC some day...