Teaching kids gun safety.
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2012/06/27 10:34:44
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gstrahan 2012/06/27 11:26:03
Why not teach them how to safely defend themselves and their family with the best tools available.
VERY WELL STATED!
Which one would you rather your kid be, dead kid A or dead kid B?
Personally, my kids would know how (and where and when) to shoot a gun just as soon as they could lift it.
The only dangerous weapon is the one in the hands of an untrained person, it is my (and yours too if you are an American citizen) right and responsibility to own a gun. No one but you is responsible for the safety and welfare of your family but you and your family and if you are to own a gun it's your responsibility to train and ensure the proper handling, security, storage and maintenance of said equipment. This should include anyone who can, would or might come into contact with said weapon.
I was raised to never touch a gun unless I found one in a dangerous location (we didn't have gun trigger locks when I was a kid). I knew at 6 years old how to unload, check for and remove (if present) a clip, check and empty the chamber and hand all parts to an adult. An ounce of prevention is worth the potential of one life!
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Kids are naturally curious and will want to look at a gun if they find it.
That's how people get shot.
Every kid should have at least the basic rules drilled into them.
Stop, Don't Touch, Leave the Area, Tell an Adult.
Gun safety should be taught at school along with sex education. For the same reasons.
Teaching gun safety to children will probably save lives. The first two rules;
1. Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
2. Keep the firearm pointed in a safe direction.
Two very simple rules but violating either of them can be fatal. Violating both of them is almost certainly a recipe for disaster.
Over the years I've on occasion read many a story in which a youngster found a gun and was handling it in a hazardous manner. Then, another well meaning but foolish kid tries to eliminate the hazard by taking it away from the first. Well we all know what happens then don't we? A tug of war begins with the gun being the "rope" and sooner or later discharges killing one of them. Notice that both of the rules were violated in the tug of war.
Had either of those kids been taught gun safety the hazard could have been eliminated in a safe manner. The one would have known to not get into a tug of war with the other with the gun being the rope.
Simple, every child should know how to behave in a safe manner with guns around with rules # 1 and 2 being first and foremost in their heads. Then, let them "practice" gun safety such as holding the firearm in a...
Teaching gun safety to children will probably save lives. The first two rules;
1. Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
2. Keep the firearm pointed in a safe direction.
Two very simple rules but violating either of them can be fatal. Violating both of them is almost certainly a recipe for disaster.
Over the years I've on occasion read many a story in which a youngster found a gun and was handling it in a hazardous manner. Then, another well meaning but foolish kid tries to eliminate the hazard by taking it away from the first. Well we all know what happens then don't we? A tug of war begins with the gun being the "rope" and sooner or later discharges killing one of them. Notice that both of the rules were violated in the tug of war.
Had either of those kids been taught gun safety the hazard could have been eliminated in a safe manner. The one would have known to not get into a tug of war with the other with the gun being the rope.
Simple, every child should know how to behave in a safe manner with guns around with rules # 1 and 2 being first and foremost in their heads. Then, let them "practice" gun safety such as holding the firearm in a safe direction. Then add on loading and when they are fully and safely following the safety rules of pointing and loading, let them fire them. As they grow up they will be confident and proficient and most of all, safety conscious when handling them.
Minutes ago I did a "search" for gun safety rules. Instead, Bing gave me a list of articles in which some adult shot themselves or somebody else in a gun safety class. Well that sure gives some confidence doesn't it? It makes me question their own gun safety training.
Teach them early, teach them properly. Hopefully they will grow up to be responsible, safety conscious adults around firearms rather than cringing in fear when they are around one.
Personally I believe that if the child comes from a house with guns, then yes gun safety is neccesary. If not, I don't see the point in it, but it could still be a good idea.
It's a good idea for every kid.
The safety lessons I'm talking about aren't to keep kids from misusing a gun.
It's to keep them from playing with one they find somewhere.
More than one kid has found a gun somewhere when they were playing and fired a round by accident.
Heck a Gang in London was caught hiding a machine gun on a playground last year.
It's the highest rated safety program of its type.
Mainly because the ones put out by other groups spend more time teaching how bad and scary guns and gun-owners are than they do what to do if you find one.
The Right to keep and bear arms is a Civil Right that they should be taught to correctly exercise.
If I were dictator of the world, to put a warning on an obvious danger, would be a felony!
My great-uncle told me: "Stupidity should be painful, thus to discourage repetition."