I just feel anything we can do to save a few is worth the effort.
This is the argument for ALL types of gun control. It can be and is applied to every single discussion about guns - concealed or open, in schools, in the home, etc.
I just feel anything we can do to save a few is worth the effort.
This is the argument for ALL types of gun control. It can be and is applied to every single discussion about guns - concealed or open, in schools, in the home, etc.
I think we need to return to 50 years ago where firearm safety was taught in schools and shooting competitions were normal. That way training starts early and there is no training requirement. I have taught my kids to respect firearms, and keep pounding the basic safety rules into their heads. They each have a BB gun and they MUST treat it as if they were a real firearm. Even the most minor infraction of the basic safety rules results in harsh (to them) penalties. You want to punish a child? Make them take a time out and watch while their brother/sister are still having fun.... Repeat offense? Lose the BB gun for the rest of the day. So far, each of them has only had to sit out the entire day 1 time over the last 2 years. They have learned there is no forgiveness in the consequences of breaking or ignoring the basic safety rules, just as there is no forgiveness in the possible consequences of a negligent discharge with a real firearm.
I have shown them several times what a 12G slug can do to milk jugs, fruit, melons, and 2 liter sodas. We have also let them shoot the .22s and even a little 25acp pistol we have. If you sate the curiosity, demonstrate what a firearm can do, AND (very important,) give them instruction on how to safely handle one, it makes everyone safer. My children know they are not toys and do not treat them as such.
I should elaborate that the extent we take it to "treat it like a real firearm" for the children and their BB guns is very serious. Even we as adults treat them as if they were a .22. They have their own mini-range and must call out for an all clear before they go down range to inspect their targets. They DO NOT shot at anything not "approved for the range", they cannot leave them lying around or on the ground, the safety is always on when not being actively shot, they are wiped down before putting them away and they each have a small "rifle case/sleeve" that they are stored in. We have found this to be the best way to give them actual experience at applying the safety rules and proper care, while keeping actual risk to a minimum. And they all know if anyone should ever get hit by a negligent discharge that the punishment is bad enough that they don't want to find out what it is....
I am very proud of my children. Ask any one of them what the first safety on a firearm is. Every one will tell you it is the person holding the firearm.
And I think you have recovered nicely from your most recent lobotomy. Give Pedro and Jose my congratulations on a job well done.I think people need training on speech. And religion which harms the minds of young children. And assembling in groups like OSA.
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