rifleshooter474
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Next Friday 01/31/2014 ABC 20/20 has a program showing children finding firearms at homes. Also they are showing adults showing small children how to shoot at a range. It's another ABC anti-firearm program you can bet.
He said, "If you touch the guns and they don't kill you, I will!"
To bad they are mixing responsible behavior (teaching children about firearms) with irresponsible behavior (not securing firearms from curious children.)
Just because a child knows how to handle a firearm doesn't mean they have the maturity or mental capacity to act responsibly with firearms. Children should not have unsupervised access to firearms. They simply aren't mentally mature enough to appreciate all the risks of handling a firearm.
When I was a kid there were guns on a gun rack that I could very easily pick up anytime. We lived out in the country and my father would take the guns out and we would shoot them. My father laid down the law that we were NEVER to touch the guns unless he was there. He said, "If you touch the guns and they don't kill you, I will!" I knew that my father would not kill me but I also knew that he would make me wish I were dead. (Now that would not be received well with the libs today!) Later when he was sure that I knew how to use a gun safely my father gave me permission to take a gun anytime I wanted. A couple of friend and I would go hunting and shooting whenever we wanted and had a lot of fun.
So instead of hiding and locking up the guns, people should get teach their kids about guns. But the video games today teach kids that they can get killed in a game and it is not forever! That is not good!
Having unlocked gun and ammo laying around is unsafe in any place that kids can(and will) get at. Most states have laws against it. That being said, I feel this 20/20 TV show is just another attempt by the anti-gunners to anthem their ideology to a national audience, to try to drum up more support for making all gun illegal and squash the 2nd Amendment. I'm pretty sure the Brady Bunch will be involved. And, I don't mean the TV family sitcom.
Here's the promo, judge for yourself.
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Is there anyone who thinks children should have unsupervised access to a loaded firearm?
I think it is important enough for kids to know about firearms that the Eddy Eagle program should be used in every school.
But even a kid trained in safe firearm handling shouldn't be allowed unsupervised access to a loaded firearm.