Posted by NCWayne on August 10, 2008 at 14:28:10 from (166.82.164.236):
In Reply to: O.T., Six Shooter posted by NEsota on August 10, 2008 at 11:39:06:
Based on how I was raised I've got to side with Kent on this one. I too was taught how to handle and act toward and around guns, of any kind, around the age of 5. By then I already had a good idea just from watching my Dad and Grandpa but that's when I got a Daisy BB gun and the two main rules that should be taught to EVERY child were drilled into me. First there is no such thing as an unloaded gun, and second NEVER point a gun at anything you wouldn't plan to shoot. I never heard the "don't touch unless an adult is around" mantra so common nowdays. Instead I got taught what to do when there was no adult around because one there isn't always gonna be an adult around. Besides, what do you do when your are the adult and still don't know what to do?
Cases like this are tragic in many ways. First because a child was killed and the little girl involved has to live her life with the guilt for what she did always on her mind. To make matters worse it really wasn't her fault because I'll bet she was never taught anything about guns beyond what she saw on TV. This tragidy could have been prevented, not by locks, but by the adults involved taking the time to teach their kids about something that can be hazardous to them. Locks have their place but a locked gun is worthless if it's being kept for self defense. Besides, if a kid wants to play with the gun who's to say they won't also keep looking to find a key or another way to get around the lock. Too some revolvers, if kept loaded with a round under the hammer could discharge if handled improperly so lock or not they can still kill or injure. Basically a lock isn't a cure all by any means.
The only sure cure is training. How many parents teach their kids that hot water can scald them, the burner on an oven will burn them, a knife can cut them, and on and on, all at an early age, but when it comes to something that can be more hazardous than any of the ones I just listed, if used improperly, the kids remain blissfully ignorant until something like this happens.
It's a tragidy I'll admit but it could have been so easily prevented with just a little time on the part of the adults involved to teach their kids something ALL kids (and adults for that matter) ought to know, gun safety.
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