Gun discharges inside Harper Woods High School; more guns, knives found after locker sweep

[oneshooter]

70. No. Good parenting starts early. A bond of trust must be formed before

teaching. I started with a Red Ryder bb gun, they learned basic safety with it at age 6, shooting cans in the back yard under parental supervision, either myself or when I was out of town for a few months, my Loving Wife. They had to prove they were capable of safe handleing before they fired anything else. I allowed them to handle any firearm in my collection with supervision. Breaking the safe rules meant that they lost firearm privileges for a set time.
A lot depends on the adult attitudes about firearms.

I work a lot with the Scouts, both Boy and Cub. One of the things I do with the Cub Scouts is a firearm safety program. I bring 8-10 arms from my collection and talk about safety with them, feilding questions, some are very suprising, and working with both the Scouts and the Parents ( I request that they come to this meeting with their Scouts) Close to the end of the meeting I ask the parents a question, "Do you have a firearm at home, just raise your hand please." Most do, and then I ask them" Do you have it hidden?" most all answer yes. I then ask them" How often did your parents hide something from you that you didn't find" The looks of surprise on the faces! Then I tell them "Think about it". With the parents permission I then start passing out the weapons from the table to the Scouts to handle. Most of the comments are how heavy they were. I ask the parents to continue the boys education, to take the "mystery" out of firearms. T help the boys learn, and to learn themselves. I pass out a paper with the 4 rules that we covered.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas