06-14-2013, 12:23 AM
^ That's true. I think every generation, in general, looks at the changes in the next one with some degree of nostalgia for more innocent times and still time keeps on slipping into the future. Gotta roll with the changes or be perpetually frustrated with society (unless you're lucky enough to have euphoric dementia).
Caught up on the thread; interesting stories and points.
I've never questioned responsible gun owners teaching their children gun safety and how to hunt, target practice, etc... What age isn't my concern when the child is supervised, it's a private matter.
Education is key for safety when teaching your children to use guns for sport or hobby. Nobody here disagrees, not that I've read anyway. But, that supervised safety education isn't a protection making it okay for little ones to ever have an opportunity to get their hands on or handle loaded weapons without a responsible adult intentionally making it so. That means even if you're gonna turn your back to get milk out of the fridge or chat with your buddy or whatever when we're talking about small children. That's when those tragic and preventable "accidents" take place.
I'll probably never understand the rationale of those who claim that lack of child gun education is to blame when toddlers and young children get a hold of loaded guns and shoot. Very likely that some of the children involved had what their parents considered education or indoctrination to guns and it didn't make the gun less fascinating or deadly in that moment of opportunity. Sometimes parents are wrong and kids are just kids. Why take such an unnecessary risk? It's a matter of irresponsible gun ownership and irresponsible parenting to leave loaded guns where small children can get to them and handle them, not a gun control issue in the traditional sense, imo.
Done with guns for the night.
Caught up on the thread; interesting stories and points.
I've never questioned responsible gun owners teaching their children gun safety and how to hunt, target practice, etc... What age isn't my concern when the child is supervised, it's a private matter.
Education is key for safety when teaching your children to use guns for sport or hobby. Nobody here disagrees, not that I've read anyway. But, that supervised safety education isn't a protection making it okay for little ones to ever have an opportunity to get their hands on or handle loaded weapons without a responsible adult intentionally making it so. That means even if you're gonna turn your back to get milk out of the fridge or chat with your buddy or whatever when we're talking about small children. That's when those tragic and preventable "accidents" take place.
I'll probably never understand the rationale of those who claim that lack of child gun education is to blame when toddlers and young children get a hold of loaded guns and shoot. Very likely that some of the children involved had what their parents considered education or indoctrination to guns and it didn't make the gun less fascinating or deadly in that moment of opportunity. Sometimes parents are wrong and kids are just kids. Why take such an unnecessary risk? It's a matter of irresponsible gun ownership and irresponsible parenting to leave loaded guns where small children can get to them and handle them, not a gun control issue in the traditional sense, imo.
Done with guns for the night.