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Originally Posted by GlockJock
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Originally Posted by XD40coyote
" but -the- children!" comments in. [/rolling eyes]
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My son at 9yrs old is a better shot at the range then most LEO's I've seen shooting there. Between video games & just plain ole simple childs play, guns whether real or fake are a part of life. My son has some friends who are not allowed to play "pretend" guns but if they happen to wind up w/ a group of kids who are playing w/ them, the reaction of the kids is scarey how inamored they are w/ the thought of even having a "gun". My son is aware of how dangerous a gun can be & is taught to respect firearms & knows they are not toys. I don't know how parents can think that if they ignore a subject it just makes it go away.
Mrs. Glockjock |
Excellent point. Some people seek to try to let us live in a fantasy world where there is no such thing as violence or danger.
Our kids need to be brought up knowing that the stove is hot, the knife is sharp and the gun pokes holes in things.
Many parents try to pretend that it is best to teach kids that guns are dangerous and that we need not even talk about them.
Trying to pretend that something as dangerous as a hot oven should not be discussed or even recognized is silly. I mean, should we ban the E-Z bake oven because our little girls may think that an oven is a safe tool to use, when it is really dangerous and the oven leads to thousands of burns every year?
Baloney.