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Yeah, how about no?
IDK about where the person you are replying to is from, but I see it as a viable strategy in the US. There are too many stories of children playing with guns and killing someone. Teaching firearm safety and demystifying them is like teaching sex ed.
Not having firearms everywhere is a better answer, but I can only control so much.
Isn't it mostly kids playing with firearms in their own household?
Yup. A child in my school was killed passing around a found handgun with his friends. I don't remember the details, but if one of those kids had said something and left it might never have happened.
Is it not possible to look after your child while teaching them about gun safety or something?
Or something what? I'd stick with keeping guns away from civilians of all ages.
You don't just let them keep it all the time. You keep it locked up except for when they ask to see it. If you live in the absolute middle of nowhere on a large property then occasionally they may be able to go hunt squirrels/rabbits etc by themselves or target shoot at a home range but that depends on the kid.
I grew up with plenty of people who had "their own" guns at young ages but they didn't just keep it all the time. Also legally it's their parents just with the understanding that once they're old enough it's actually theirs.
Sorry I completely misunderstood I thought you'd let them keep it at all time. If it's only for when they ask to see it then it's totally normal, shooting squirrels and everything
That's what reasonable people do in your country? Reach kids how to safely kill squirrels as a hobby?
What the fuck?
I, and most people I know, were taugh to shoot around 5 as well as being taught firearms safety around then. Also they're typically going to eat the squirrels so it's not just for the heck of it, but sometimes they do just need culling anyway if they're tearing stuff up.
🤷♀️ I don't get how it's that crazy. I'm not into tree rat but some people like it.
True. I wouldn't hand my kids bb guns at 8. I'm also sure you don't hide dangerous items completely from your kids, and some way demonstrate using them responsibly.
I don't own any guns myself, so I used nerf rival guns to demonstrate safety to my children. Again, my biggest concerns are what to do with a found firearm, never point one at anything you don't want to shoot.
I also allowed them to hang out with Grandpa for an afternoon and familiarize themselves with firearms. If they were more interested in firearms, a bb gun would have been okay for them to take out to Grandpa's firing range. I'm only referring to a spring action device, and my children are a little older.
Completely. Not a drop of bleach within reach.
A really interesting video comparing gun law / cult in Switzerland and the USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnBDK-QNZkM
Thanks for that. I think the US has lost its mind over guns, and the means are now the end.
It's part of our fear culture. We always have something to be afraid of, and providing guns is our security blanket.
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Be me.
9 years old, over at my friend's house, his parents were out back in the yard.
My friend "want to see my dad's rifle?"
My other friend says sure, i follow.
Go to his parents closet, in the back is a bolt action hunting rifle. My friend picks it up and starts to point it.
I say "let me see that". Proceed to point it at the ground, open the chamber and make sure it was clear, then comment on how cool it was and pass it back.
Seemed common sense to me, but a lot of kids just don't know how to treat them.
Teaching your kids gun safety is like teaching them how to swim. You may never plan for them to be around guns, you may live in the middle of nebraska and never plan to go near water, but a little timeI spent teaching them can save lives.
So you have a story how some unsupervised, nine year old kids could just grab a firearm from a closet and you want to sell this as an argument about how your society's approach to handling guns is reasonable?
No. I want to say that teaching your kids how to safely handle a situation is good. Same way you teach them not to play in the road or go near the water without a life vest
The reality in the US is that guns are everywhere. People should be exposed to them early in a controlled environment. The kids who play with guns they find in a closet are usually the kids for whom guns are more mysterious.
Giving a kid their own gun (obviously they shouldn't have access to it without their parents) is a great way to demystify them. If they can ask their parents to show them a gun anytime then there's nothing special about them and the kids don't go hunting for them when parents aren't around.
And every adult should know how to safely handle a firearm even if they have no interest in owning one. Guns exist and you may need to secure one some day.
What a bunch of crap, the kids who play with guns they find in a closet are usually the kids who find guns in a closet. simple as that.
So many sentences and anecdotes to describe "gun safety". You know what gun safety really is? Do not fucking keep a gun in a closet.
And if it is not you but grandpa who keeps them, Keep the children away from him. The sooner you all stop normalising this bullshit and do something about it, the sooner America will start moving away from schools shootings etc.
You can't be with your kid at all times in all places, and you can't always control their environment. Teaching them to be responsible around firearms in a place where they may come across them is important.
Simply telling them they're bad is no different than abstainance-only sex education.
Guess I should be glad I don't live in that hellhole of a messed up country then. I wholeheartedly disagree with everything you said except the first sentence, so maybe we should just be glad we live on opposite sites of the planet.
That's the thing. You don't live here, so you can afford to be entirely ignorant about firearm safety.
If you lived here and thought nobody should learn about gun safety I'd call you wildly irresponsible.
You do what you want with your own kids.
How about no?
Then your children will grow up knowing nothing but school shootings. Education is the key.
You do know that laws are made specifically to limit what you are allowed to do to other people?
Well yes, but that doesn't cover essential things like gun safety
First of all, that's not what your previous comment was about. You said people could do whatever they want with their kids and they certainly can't.
Nonetheless: Second, gun safety isn't essential if there are no guns around. "But there are guns all over the USA!" Yes, which is one of the several reasons why I stay the fuck away from that shithole country.
Third, I sure hope that in a lot of countries, laws very well include regulations from which age onwards people are allowed to handle firearms, so yes, this topic is in fact covered.
You probably shouldn't be allowed around kids?
Um, maybe you shouldn't be a round kids?