RE: Gun Safety in Schools Sparks Debate
 

Unfortuantly I live in an area with alot of liberals, It dosn't mean that I will change my beliefs! my 5 year old has a chipmunk 22 and we squirrel hunt together at least I let him carry the gun "Unloaded" so that I can teach him handling skills and the respect a firearm deserves.

What I can't understand is how come we are supposed to "talk to our kids about drugs" but we should hide guns from them.

I am all for increasing peoples interest in guns and shooting Why not it's legal and fun?

RE: Gun Safety in Schools Sparks Debate
 

Heck, when I was in high school most of us had guns in our vehicles for after school hunting. And we didn't need to be taught how to use them. :D Now days, they would throw you under the jail for that.

RE: Gun Safety in Schools Sparks Debate
 

Just imagine how safe our streets would be if everyone were required to carry a weapon and if everyone were required to successfully pass a gun safety course? What would happen to crime?

Of course, I'm not holding my breath until this happens. On the other hand, how dangerous is a car hurtling down the road at 60 MPH -- perhaps on poor tires, perhaps with little understanding of the elements of safe driving, perhaps with a thoroughly dirty windshield, perhaps with a driver pissed off at his girlfriend who just dumped him or his boss climbing up his back or just wanting to get to the bar in a hurry. If any tom, dick, and harry can be trusted to drive a car why not a gun?

RE: Gun Safety in Schools Sparks Debate
 

On another angle. I want my children to know many things. I don't want them to grow to be adults and be ignorant of things of the world. I want them to command all the powers that any other human being may possess. On what principle would I wish to withhold the knowledge and skilled use of firearms from my children? Would this somehow be better for them? I don't get it. Lacking the knowledge of how to handle firearms, to some extent, leaves one a second class citizen, an underling, a subject, a no-count.