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Gun Control & RKBA

2pooped2pop

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11. Its been five decades

Reply to Straw Man (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:31 PM

Mar 2016

Things were different then. There was a loaded shotgun behind the front door as long as I can remember. A pistol was hidden in the bedroom but we figured it out. The earliest I can remember handling them was somewhere between _13 and 17.

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Experiment Shows Differences Between Children With Guns in the Home and Those Without [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 OP

This sounds more anecdotal to me than experimental rock Mar 2016 #1

I will admit 8 children is not a broad sampling but it should serve as a starting point for Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #3

This explains why more children... Jerry442 Mar 2016 #2

So abstinence education works? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #4

So, in your mind, guns and sex are the same. Jerry442 Mar 2016 #5

No. Fear and fear are the same. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #7

no but the attraction to the gejohnston Mar 2016 #8

Certainly children should be taught firearm safety whether there are guns in their home or not. (nt) enough Mar 2016 #6

Of course they should. beevul Mar 2016 #16

We had loaded guns in the house growing up 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #9

Just to clarify ... Straw Man Mar 2016 #10

Its been five decades 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #11

I see. Straw Man Mar 2016 #13

No. parents would have killed us if they had known. 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #14

Did they ever teach you anything about gun safety? Straw Man Mar 2016 #15

"Stop, don't touch, leave the area, tell an adult." Brickbat Mar 2016 #12