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In reply to the discussion: So my 3rd-grade son asked me if there are any crazy people with guns near us. [View all]SunSeeker
(51,518 posts)38. But we DO live in a safe area where this sort of thing has never happened.
He also understands there ARE crazy people out there that kill kids. But he doesn't know whether that is rare or not. I think I can safely say that none of my neighbors would take an AR-15 to a bunch of kids. He understands the entire world is not our little neighborhood.
He is concerned with what is going on elsewhere and I did not dissuade him of that concern. Like I said, he is shocked that assault rifles are legal. We talked about how the President is trying to do something about that, and mommy and daddy are asking our congressman to help the President make assault rifles illegal.
Do you have kids? How would you have answered that question as they were about to go to bed?
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So my 3rd-grade son asked me if there are any crazy people with guns near us. [View all]
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
OP
for a child that asks,telling them the bad man is dead so he can never come to you, seems best.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#3
Rude and absurd thing to say here. I don't see any lies at all. Apologize to OP for you.
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2013
#19
The medical examiner report stated that the victims were all killed with the Bushmaster.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#40
Are you *really* trying to draw similarities in owning golf clubs to owning firearms?
Earth_First
Jan 2013
#22
No. I said quite clearly that I was describing those who do not participate in a given activity
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#32
Of course! It's absurd to think a parent would say "NO, it is not safe here or anywhere. Those
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2013
#24
I had to talk about Newtown to my 3rd and 2nd graders but we live 25 minutes from the
Jennicut
Jan 2013
#25
Yes. my kindergarten great grandson was telling me about code words for "run and hide" and some
jwirr
Jan 2013
#39
This is the crux of the gun question. One would hope that decent people would always put
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#50
I'm a parent. Knowing the right thing to say RIGHT NOW can be difficult sometimes.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#64