Gun Control & RKBA

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12. Not teaching kids about firearms doesn't reduce the glamor...

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 11:03 PM

Dec 2011

Kids watch TV and movies and guns are definitely glamorized. A gun safety course wouldn't have much effect on causing a student to develop a desire to own firearms. First person shooter games are owned by almost every teenage boy and they love to play them. Even some girls enjoy such games. My daughter, for example, was an expert at Castle Wolfenstein 3D in the 90s. Today the games are MUCH more realistic.

At first I enjoyed such games until I realized that they were training me to shoot without careful consideration.

You might lecture your children about just how evil and bad firearms are and once they leave the nest they may decide to buy one. Kids are attracted to forbidden things and they often think their parents are full of crap.

It would be far better to teach high school kids firearm safety and a section of the course could deal with how firearms are misused by irresponsible people. I would have no problem with that as long as a portion was also devoted to how responsible gun owners use their weapons in shooting sports such as competitive shooting events and hunting.

Like it or not, firearms are ubiquitous in our society. Sooner or later almost everyone will be exposed to one. Such a course could have many benefits, for example the training would enable a student to recognize when a person who was showing him a firearm was handling it in a stupid manner.

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A father gives his under 18 year old daughter a handgun to carry for protection... spin Dec 2011 #1

Sure -- let's glamorize guns so every kid will want to carry one just like a cell phone. Hoyt Dec 2011 #5

You really need to take a position on training and stick to it. PavePusher Dec 2011 #6

As long as training shows a lot of photos/videos of babies shot, innocent kids shot, suicide, etc. Hoyt Dec 2011 #7

You pay for, I'll watch it. PavePusher Dec 2011 #11

Amen. ellisonz Dec 2011 #13

A fair and balanced discussion? AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #33

Yes. It is important to teach people to be able to feel safe without a gun. DanTex Dec 2011 #20

I think it is more important that gejohnston Dec 2011 #49

You sound like a pro-lifer DissedByBush Dec 2011 #23

Immediately what I thought of as well. Union Scribe Dec 2011 #25

Driver training used to include a lot of gory films. Hoyt Dec 2011 #27

And that obviously worked well. Union Scribe Dec 2011 #36

I saw those old "Suicide Club" movies. Gone! over 50 yrs. ago. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #39

Yeah, I remember those. BiggJawn Dec 2011 #52

Yea, look what all that "training" and gun revelry did to you. Hoyt Dec 2011 #26

What did it do to me? DissedByBush Dec 2011 #29

What did it do to him, hoyt? beevul Dec 2011 #32

...add me as another curious party. nt Union Scribe Dec 2011 #35

Now's your chance, Hoyt: Tell us. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #40

Pro-lifer? You guys sound quite right wing too. In fact, "gun culture" is largely right wing. Hoyt Dec 2011 #28

"Gun culture" is neither wing DissedByBush Dec 2011 #30

Eleanor Roosevelt? "ring wing?" Such powers of conferrence from a .38 nt SteveW Dec 2011 #41

I was thinking like McVeigh, Weaver, KKK, TParty, NRA, compound dwellers, Cheney, Perry, Palin, etc. Hoyt Dec 2011 #43

So you weren't thinking of Fannie Lou Hammer either? SteveW Dec 2011 #44

I'm more concerned about those who have to strap a gun or two on before venturing out. Hoyt Dec 2011 #47

Or the Pink Pistols, the gay gun rights group? DissedByBush Dec 2011 #45

Or the Deacons for Defense and Justice? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #46

And all those people piss, too. BiggJawn Dec 2011 #53

I nominate that one for a GUFY (or at least a DUfus) award. Fair Witness Dec 2011 #51

That's training for ME's, we're talking safe handling and use training. ileus Dec 2011 #38

Not teaching kids about firearms doesn't reduce the glamor... spin Dec 2011 #12

It is an odd moment when you realize the conditioning... Callisto32 Dec 2011 #31

Good points. Most of these games are no Hogan's Alley. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #42

Great, make life more dangerous for kids. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #16

Always room for improvement. Hoyt Dec 2011 #17

By the twisted logic theorem we need to ban cars. nt Remmah2 Dec 2011 #19

No. But we can help next generation realize we are better off without guns, especially in public. Hoyt Dec 2011 #22

More efficient transportation does sound good DissedByBush Dec 2011 #37

What exactly is a more efficient gun -- something that makes it even easier to shoot someone? Hoyt Dec 2011 #48

I for one would like to rid them of powder, or at least clean it up DissedByBush Dec 2011 #50

Naw, doesn't happen according to "gun culture" propaganda. Hoyt Dec 2011 #2

Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #4

The only ones who every say it "never happens" are the anti-gun folks. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #9

Holster, Holster, Holster... ileus Dec 2011 #3

Being a Derringer-type pistol did not help any either. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #8

Shouldn't someone lose their right to carry for this for a year or so? Logical Dec 2011 #10

The girl did not have the right to carry in the first place. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #15

Frankly, I'd rather see the father charged with a crime... ellisonz Dec 2011 #14

Sounds reasonable to me. (n/t) spin Dec 2011 #18

What happened here is a criminal offense for the parent in many states DissedByBush Dec 2011 #24

They both committed a crime. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #34

rude gun firing itself in public... ileus Dec 2011 #21