Gun Control & RKBA

bowens43

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2. You're kidding right?

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 01:01 PM

Jul 2012

the only sane answer is to get rid of the guns. Kids should be taught to never touch a gun and to shun those who do. They should be taught that it is NEVER acceptable to have a gun in the home.

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3-year-old son of San Jose police officer dies in handgun incident [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2012 OP

Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools slackmaster Jul 2012 #1

You're kidding right? bowens43 Jul 2012 #2

NEVER acceptable to have a gun in the home. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #3

And how do you get past the 2A? permatex Jul 2012 #5

The sane answer is education. Clames Jul 2012 #9

The child's father should have known better than to leave a gun around where the child could get it slackmaster Jul 2012 #10

Father is a police officer. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #12

Abstinence only, mixed with a bit of shame 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #14

That's worked for sex and drugs, right? PavePusher Jul 2012 #26

Yes, because guns are exactly like sex and drugs! DanTex Jul 2012 #32

+10000 Hoyt Jul 2012 #51

You'd Better take another hit rl6214 Jul 2012 #64

"If it saves just one child..." slackmaster Jul 2012 #41

Yea,yea Meiko Jul 2012 #39

Certain posters have no answers. They only have emotions, hysteria, and irrational fears Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #60

"irrational fear of inanimate objects" - like adding to the daily gun-deaths of children? DrDan Jul 2012 #70

Do YOU add to the daily gun deaths of children? Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #72

nope DrDan Jul 2012 #73

"the only sane answer is to get rid of the guns" rl6214 Jul 2012 #63

Sadly, this poor little boy never made it that far, did he? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #4

It is very sad permatex Jul 2012 #6

gun owner family values in action nt msongs Jul 2012 #7

Your saying all gun owners are like this idiot? permatex Jul 2012 #8

A lot are, just haven't killed or maimed someone yet. Hoyt Jul 2012 #52

And you have the stats to prove this? permatex Jul 2012 #56

Permatex , my post is about the future. That stats question doesn't apply. Hoyt Jul 2012 #57

Just say it permatex Jul 2012 #58

Not so much reasonable owners, but carriers definitely. There really are some undesirable attitudes Hoyt Jul 2012 #59

You have undesirable attitudes toward ALL CCW holders, which you demonstrate on a daily basis. Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #61

Except I'm not carrying a lethal weapon, ready to shoot if I "FEEL threatened." Hoyt Jul 2012 #74

No clue huh? permatex Jul 2012 #75

misfire not bullseye. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #76

We have been living the future for at least a decade or so. hack89 Jul 2012 #77

Don't you know yet that hoyt believes every gun owner is a criminal or accident waiting to happen? rl6214 Jul 2012 #65

was he gun owner? gejohnston Jul 2012 #48

He didn't make it that far because HIS FATHER had not properly learned about gun safety slackmaster Jul 2012 #11

His father was cop TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #15

Really? Clames Jul 2012 #16

Save your lame excuses. The poor boy is dead. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #17

The truth isn't a lame excuse. Clames Jul 2012 #20

Inanimate, until it isn't. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #22

Inanimate until the world ends and then some... Clames Jul 2012 #23

I used my crystal ball to see what happened sarisataka Jul 2012 #24

I think I can sum up his argument in one picture. Clames Jul 2012 #46

If he'd been neglegently run over in the driveway.... PavePusher Jul 2012 #28

You forgot bathtubs and swimming pools and household cleansers. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #49

Well, I disagree. No more than ladder safety or chain saw safety. School..... Logical Jul 2012 #18

They teach how to handle chainsaws... Clames Jul 2012 #21

School does teach ladder safety sarisataka Jul 2012 #25

They do not teach nail gun safety or hatchet safety or trampoline safety, Etc. My brothers.... Logical Jul 2012 #27

You don't need to touch a gun to be taught sarisataka Jul 2012 #33

FFA. Shop class. Chemistry. Home Ec. PavePusher Jul 2012 #29

No kid of mine had FFA or shop. If you think.... Logical Jul 2012 #30

Doesn't mean it's not there. PavePusher Jul 2012 #43

How do you feel about teaching kids about STDs in school? slackmaster Jul 2012 #35

STDS I agree with, but many household items can kill you. How do... Logical Jul 2012 #37

If even a small number of boys make it a practice to wrap it up during sex, that is success slackmaster Jul 2012 #42

Many/most of those things can be sorted into a few general classes of items: PavePusher Jul 2012 #44

I learned how to operate a printing press and lots of nasty dangerous power tools in middle and high slackmaster Jul 2012 #36

I had some of those too. Much different now. At least where we live. Logical Jul 2012 #38

That is an unfortunate loss. Industrial arts courses were abundant when I was a kid. slackmaster Jul 2012 #40

I agree. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #47

It will be interesting to hear what the investigation finds. hollysmom Jul 2012 #13

The cop will get off with no punishment, unlike most citizens. They protect their own. Logical Jul 2012 #19

They is why they... gregoire Jul 2012 #31

Google off duty police shot sarisataka Jul 2012 #34

Does it burn when you do that? PavePusher Jul 2012 #45

Poor child Meiko Jul 2012 #50

Such events are one in a million. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #53

One is too many gregoire Jul 2012 #54

If you were truly concerned about accidental deaths to children... GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #71

What other killer of children do you apply this standard to? hack89 Jul 2012 #78

Your epidemiology is sloppy: the risk in the 0-12 age group is about 11 per million struggle4progress Jul 2012 #55

Google dump of the day or just general spam rl6214 Jul 2012 #62

spam's against message board rules here: you should alert if you think you see spam struggle4progress Jul 2012 #66

So we agree that the cop should have gejohnston Jul 2012 #67

Maybe "Well, I know what I'm doing!" produces more accidents than you think: struggle4progress Jul 2012 #68

something an electrician once told me gejohnston Jul 2012 #69