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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 11:07 AM
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1. All kids should be taught basic gun safety in public school, at taxpayer expense
That way when they grow up and become parents, they have no excuse for doing something as insanely stupid as leaving a loaded gun unattended when there are children in the house.
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  -2-year-old girl shot by brother onehandle  Oct-07-10 11:04 AM   #0 
  - All kids should be taught basic gun safety in public school, at taxpayer expense  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 11:07 AM   #1 
  - What else should they be taught at taxpayer expense?  TheCowsCameHome   Oct-07-10 11:12 AM   #2 
  - Swimming lessons for everyone  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 11:14 AM   #3 
  - As far as it needs to to ensure safety and responsibility.  cleanhippie   Oct-07-10 02:32 PM   #20 
  - If it saves one life teaching gun safety in school is worth it  lawodevolution   Oct-07-10 09:37 PM   #24 
     - That's not what I asked.  TheCowsCameHome   Oct-08-10 07:36 AM   #25 
        - Basic gun safety can be taught in one hour  slackmaster   Oct-08-10 09:00 AM   #26 
        - Not trading - in addition to.  TheCowsCameHome   Oct-08-10 11:41 AM   #28 
        - If the government is going to  lawodevolution   Oct-08-10 11:26 AM   #27 
  - he was 4, not kindergarten age yet  jsamuel   Oct-07-10 11:15 AM   #4 
  - Please read the body of Reply #1, not just the Subject line.  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 11:17 AM   #7 
  - We Don't Teach Kids To Think For Themselves, But We Should Teach Gun Safety  we can do it   Oct-07-10 11:16 AM   #5 
  - Good schools do teach people to think for themselves.  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 11:18 AM   #8 
  - And age appropriate teaching for this would be.. NRA's Eddie Eagle..  X_Digger   Oct-07-10 12:59 PM   #14 
     - My point here is that the failure occurred when an ADULT left a gun unattended  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 02:01 PM   #16 
        - Oh I agree..  X_Digger   Oct-07-10 02:10 PM   #17 
           - I think leaving a 2-YO and a 4-YO together with no adult present is asking for trouble  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 02:21 PM   #18 
              - I agree...  Glassunion   Oct-07-10 02:27 PM   #19 
                 - A couple I know left their young daughters, 3 and 5 IIRC, alone for 20 minutes once  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 02:36 PM   #21 
  - .  Glassunion   Oct-07-10 11:16 AM   #6 
  - And what?  TheCowsCameHome   Oct-07-10 11:20 AM   #9 
     - There should be an outright ban on all farms everywhere.  Glassunion   Oct-07-10 11:56 AM   #13 
  - What message am I to take from this post?  RSillsbee   Oct-07-10 11:22 AM   #10 
  - There is no message. It's just another drive-by "current events" post that belongs elsewhere  slackmaster   Oct-07-10 11:22 AM   #11 
     - In all seriousness  RSillsbee   Oct-07-10 11:38 AM   #12 
        - Get used to it.  shadowrider   Oct-07-10 01:16 PM   #15 
        - Which in a nutshell explains  Katya Mullethov   Oct-10-10 12:51 PM   #29 
  - Ban accidents. It's the only way we'll be safe.  proteus_lives   Oct-07-10 03:37 PM   #22 
     - Sometimes the best solution is the obvious solution.  ZombieHorde   Oct-07-10 09:32 PM   #23 
 

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