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zebonaut

(3,688 posts) Sat Dec 14, 2013, 05:11 PM Dec 2013

Since Newtown

http://www.motherjones.com/special-reports/2013/12/newtown-shooting-one-year-later

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k&r Electric Monk Dec 2013 #1

Sad. :( Little Star Dec 2013 #2

The guns aren't worth the lives of those lovely children. Just...........NO. PDJane Dec 2013 #3

Talk to your kids about guns. thecrow Dec 2013 #4

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)

1. k&r

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Sat Dec 14, 2013, 06:28 PM

Dec 2013

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/children-killed-guns-newtown-anniversary

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

2. Sad. :(

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Sat Dec 14, 2013, 06:43 PM

Dec 2013

PDJane

(10,103 posts)

3. The guns aren't worth the lives of those lovely children. Just...........NO.

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Sat Dec 14, 2013, 08:14 PM

Dec 2013

thecrow

(5,519 posts)

4. Talk to your kids about guns.

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Sat Dec 14, 2013, 11:48 PM

Dec 2013

If you are a parent, grandparent, other relative or friend of a child, please talk to your children about guns... if they see a gun, immediately leave the scene and report it... if they see another child playing with a gun, immediately leave the scene and report it. etc. If a gun can be seen or played with by a child, there is an irresponsible gun owner that needs to be reined in.
So many young children suffer from what I call the "Tom and Jerry Syndrome"...
they don't understand deadly force. That cat and mouse can kill each other many many times, yet they always get up and go for it again.
Guns are on tv. Toy guns are in the stores. They need to know if they see a gun, that they should IMMEDIATELY LEAVE the scene and report it to a responsible adult.
Not someone *at the scene*. They need to know not to touch or handle a gun. They are young children and unless they are told, they will probably act with curiosity that could get them hurt or killed.

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