IDK about where the person you are replying to is from, but I see it as a viable strategy in the US. There are too many stories of children playing with guns and killing someone. Teaching firearm safety and demystifying them is like teaching sex ed.
Not having firearms everywhere is a better answer, but I can only control so much.
Yup. A child in my school was killed passing around a found handgun with his friends. I don’t remember the details, but if one of those kids had said something and left it might never have happened.
Not from the US, I have plenty of deadly stuff at home: cleaning products, solvents, medicines, sharps, electric stuff. The solution to that is fucking look after your children or don’t have any, not give them a fucking gun when they are eight ffs.
True. I wouldn’t hand my kids bb guns at 8. I’m also sure you don’t hide dangerous items completely from your kids, and some way demonstrate using them responsibly.
I don’t own any guns myself, so I used nerf rival guns to demonstrate safety to my children. Again, my biggest concerns are what to do with a found firearm, never point one at anything you don’t want to shoot.
I also allowed them to hang out with Grandpa for an afternoon and familiarize themselves with firearms. If they were more interested in firearms, a bb gun would have been okay for them to take out to Grandpa’s firing range. I’m only referring to a spring action device, and my children are a little older.
IDK about where the person you are replying to is from, but I see it as a viable strategy in the US. There are too many stories of children playing with guns and killing someone. Teaching firearm safety and demystifying them is like teaching sex ed.
Not having firearms everywhere is a better answer, but I can only control so much.
Isn’t it mostly kids playing with firearms in their own household?
Yup. A child in my school was killed passing around a found handgun with his friends. I don’t remember the details, but if one of those kids had said something and left it might never have happened.
Not from the US, I have plenty of deadly stuff at home: cleaning products, solvents, medicines, sharps, electric stuff. The solution to that is fucking look after your children or don’t have any, not give them a fucking gun when they are eight ffs.
Is it not possible to look after your child while teaching them about gun safety or something?
Or something what? I’d stick with keeping guns away from civilians of all ages.
True. I wouldn’t hand my kids bb guns at 8. I’m also sure you don’t hide dangerous items completely from your kids, and some way demonstrate using them responsibly.
I don’t own any guns myself, so I used nerf rival guns to demonstrate safety to my children. Again, my biggest concerns are what to do with a found firearm, never point one at anything you don’t want to shoot.
I also allowed them to hang out with Grandpa for an afternoon and familiarize themselves with firearms. If they were more interested in firearms, a bb gun would have been okay for them to take out to Grandpa’s firing range. I’m only referring to a spring action device, and my children are a little older.
Completely. Not a drop of bleach within reach.
A really interesting video comparing gun law / cult in Switzerland and the USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnBDK-QNZkM
Thanks for that. I think the US has lost its mind over guns, and the means are now the end.
It’s part of our fear culture. We always have something to be afraid of, and providing guns is our security blanket.
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