That's very nice. But I find it difficult to take a personal anecdote as solid basis for general policy.
Kids and Guns
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That's very nice. But I find it difficult to take a personal anecdote as solid basis for general policy.
Darkwolf71
First Post
'General Policy'?
I thought we were talking about when/how to teach our own kids about guns. Which, as I said before is something that has to be judged differently for each child. I am absolutly not saying "At 6 yrs you hand every child a BB gun, at 7 upgrade to a .22, then at 9 give them a .410 shotgun".
'Blanket policies' are bad as a general rule. 'Give everyone a gun', is just as problematic as 'Let no one have a gun'. IMHO.
I thought we were talking about when/how to teach our own kids about guns. Which, as I said before is something that has to be judged differently for each child. I am absolutly not saying "At 6 yrs you hand every child a BB gun, at 7 upgrade to a .22, then at 9 give them a .410 shotgun".
'Blanket policies' are bad as a general rule. 'Give everyone a gun', is just as problematic as 'Let no one have a gun'. IMHO.
Atanatotatos
First Post
What's the problem resulting from the statement "no one has guns"
Lhorgrim
Explorer
Emphasis mine.
Can't really answer that question without violating forum rules.
As for the actual quote from darkwolf71, he said that a "blanket policy" of "give everyone a gun" is just as problematic as "let no one have a gun".
I inferred that he meant that an absolute policy either way would not solve the problems that people associate with the opposing philosophy.
Neither "blanket policy" would solve firearms related problems.
Darkwolf71
First Post
Yeah, you don't like guns. I think we all get that. I could list any number of problems with that statment, but will not because they would mostly just get me friendly PMs from folks with nice official titles.
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Even worse if it is a not so friendly message from people with official government titles.
Like it or not, if someone were to kill me violently, I'd rather have a bullet be the cause of death then a frying pan or a steak knife.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
Why do I think of Dark Angel and sing in my mind:
"It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife?" *ouch*
Suffice to say it could be worse. 
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Um, you were the one who started going general by talking about how kids (in general) were less fascinated by things that were not forbidden. If that, and the following personal anecdote backing it up were not intended to be a suggestion about how it this should be generally effective... well, I apologize, but it still looks like a reasonable reading of what you were saying.
Skunk
First Post
I don't have any kids yet (at least I hope not lol), but when I do I will teach my kids the same way my father taught me. Start by teaching my kids firearm safety and care, and have them learn how to carry around a firearm long before I hand them a loaded one. When I feel they are ready, I'll have them start small with a 22. I will make sure that they understand firearms are a dangerous tool, not a toy, and teach them about their 2nd Amendment rights as a citizen. As far as hunting goes, I was never much of a hunter, but I will take my kids out a few times with me to teach them what I know and to see if they have an interest in it.
BTW, nice little site you have there, Bullgrit.
BTW, nice little site you have there, Bullgrit.
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