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In reply to the discussion: Dear Gun Carriers [View all]Dog Gone at Penigma
(433 posts)52. NO, it shouldn't
Minors are a prohibited category of people for firearms.
We have other, better things we should be teaching in schools.
Notably, our own military has recommended that we put much more money and effort into early school education. As a general rule, those who read at grade level or better by 3rd grade are more likely to graduate than those who don't.
The same problems of being obese and poorly educated are such a serious problem they have affected our armed services.
http://penigma.blogspot.com/2011/01/all-work-and-no-play-make-jack-dull-boy.html
"Nearly one of every four high school graduates can't pass the basic military entrance exam, a new report shows.
Combine that with high obesity rates and a rise in criminal records, and the pool of potential military recruits is getting very shallow.
Every branch of the military is still reaching its recruitment goals, but the Pentagon's recruiting chief says he's worried. And a group of former military leaders is calling for significant changes in the educational system, calling the ineligibility rates a matter of national security.
Not Academically Ready To Serve
The military's Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam known as ASVAB is the world's most frequently used aptitude test. It includes 99 questions each potential recruit must answer. One sample: "If three plus X equals six, what is the value of X?"
The minimum passing score is 31. According to the new report by the nonprofit Education Trust, called "Shut Out of the Military," almost 25 percent of potential recruits can't reach that level."
We have much better things we should be doing with and in our schools. Having accurate sex ed would be a better use of resources instead of ignorance only sex ed, for starters.
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Why are you offended by a piece that smears white, flabby and crabby, conservatives?
SecularMotion
Oct 2012
#13
Where does it say that Law Enforcement have a duty to protect the individual?
oneshooter
Oct 2012
#113
"for traditionally lawful purposes, SUCH AS self-defense within the home." -- that's from Heller.
X_Digger
Oct 2012
#116
Why don't you correlate violent crimes to total number of legally owned guns?
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#44
Because we don't track that data, and because the NRA has effectively blocked attempts to do so
Dog Gone at Penigma
Oct 2012
#49
"However we do know that the more guns, the greater the number of incidents of gun violence."
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#50
Hmmm, why the hostility? Yet you claim -we're- not capable of good decision-making...???
PavePusher
Oct 2012
#104
Aw, c'mon- self-contradiction in the first three sentences of a post is AWESOME!
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#107
Didn't you claim above that gun homocide and injury was a public health problem?
PavePusher
Oct 2012
#71
Yes, they did: "We have what is and should be a problem with firearms that should be treated as...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#101
You know what firearms safety training consists of for children right?
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2012
#128
"What do you think 'firearms safety training" entails?" They don't know, obviously.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#102
Age appropriate firearms safety training in this case is “Stop. Don’t touch. Leave the area. Tell an
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2012
#129
One hour out of an entire school year would be a great investment and would do no harm...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#64
Rifle Club or the Skeet Team would be appropriate extra-curricular options, or electives
petronius
Oct 2012
#98
You don't really know what firearms safety training consists of, do you?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#105
A basic understanding of firearms can become essential to any person's life
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#121
These weapons threads can get so heated at times.... a little levity can be a good thing. n/t
2on2u
Oct 2012
#62