What would your child do if they found a gun?

[lildobe]

Interesting test - especially considering the one little girl had been "taught" about guns and not to touch them,.

[Gkgas]

Wow that is very interesting video, Thanks for posting.

[P-11 shooter]

Great find dobie! Sme of the kids did really good, some not-so good.

I just know there are anti gun parents out there that hate the NRA so much they wouldn't teach their kids the eddie eagle gun safety rules just because they say NRA on the pamphlets.

[RONNIE77]

Wow! That is interesting, and scary.
Thanks for posting.

[Annie Oakley]

That video was no doubt disturbing but not surprising. It was in a playground and I'm sure that a few of the children thought that it was a toy until they picked it up. That is the problem right there.

I have an 11 year old that I think would know exactly what to do in that situation. We take him shooting and he knows and can recite the 3 major rules of firearms safety. We also have had the discussion on what would you do if you found a gun. He knows don't touch it and tell an adult.

A few years ago though, before we started shooting and owning guns we never had any of these conversations and I wouldn't be so sure of what he would do. Maybe that's where alot of parents go wrong.

I didn't agree with the one rule at the end of the segment about never letting your children know where firearms are in your house. It almost goes right along with not letting your kids know that there's a gun at all. They need to be locked up, but not hidden. All that does is makes them curious, and then what happens when they find them, because they will. Its important for a child to have a healthy respect for guns and to know that they can kill and are not toys.

[40twist]

Wow !!!! THANKS for posting that. Definitely gotta let my wife see that one also. Very interesting even though I kind of knew what was going to happen already I just had a hunch but it does stop and make you think.

[Dredly]

I would be reallllly interested to see what would happen if those kids were replaced with adults. I bet 3/4 of them would do the same thing if not more then that.

[normanvin]

I would be reallllly interested to see what would happen if those kids were replaced with adults. I bet 3/4 of them would do the same thing if not more then that.

I agree with you on that one.

[P-11 shooter]

That video was no doubt disturbing but not surprising. It was in a playground and I'm sure that a few of the children thought that it was a toy until they picked it up. That is the problem right there.

I have an 11 year old that I think would know exactly what to do in that situation. We take him shooting and he knows and can recite the 3 major rules of firearms safety. We also have had the discussion on what would you do if you found a gun. He knows don't touch it and tell an adult.

A few years ago though, before we started shooting and owning guns we never had any of these conversations and I wouldn't be so sure of what he would do. Maybe that's where alot of parents go wrong.

I didn't agree with the one rule at the end of the segment about never letting your children know where firearms are in your house. It almost goes right along with not letting your kids know that there's a gun at all. They need to be locked up, but not hidden. All that does is makes them curious, and then what happens when they find them, because they will. Its important for a child to have a healthy respect for guns and to know that they can kill and are not toys.

I trust your 11 year old with guns WAY more than alot of "adults" i've met.

[God's Country]

All in all I think many of the kids did suroisinghly well. Regardless of

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Sometimes me fingers get ahead of me brain