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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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15. Did they ever teach you anything about gun safety?

Reply to 2pooped2pop (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 01:44 AM

Mar 2016

I'm sure though that there are many people who keep loaded guns in their house today and think that the kids don't know where they are. I'd bet they are wrong. Just hiding them is not enough.

Absolutely agree. Firearms in houses with children should be securely locked away or in direct control of an adult.

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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