This doesnt do our cause any good. Secure your weapons.
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What the fuck? Who leaves their shit in a car that's on display?
Also - Hopefully the mother realizes how stupid it is not to teach kids about firearm safety.
Also - Hopefully the mother realizes how stupid it is not to teach kids about firearm safety.
My kids see me with a firearm almost daily.
First instance I thought they could understand shit I told them any time they were curious about it just ask, I would make it safe and let them satisfy their curiosity.
They would not have to "sneak" to explore all they would do is have to ask and they could hold any firearm as long as they wanted.
They asked two or three times and after two weeks they never asked again.
They know never to touch an unsecure gun but to get an adult and what isnt on my body is always locked up.
Hiding shit from them only puts them at risk.
First instance I thought they could understand shit I told them any time they were curious about it just ask, I would make it safe and let them satisfy their curiosity.
They would not have to "sneak" to explore all they would do is have to ask and they could hold any firearm as long as they wanted.
They asked two or three times and after two weeks they never asked again.
They know never to touch an unsecure gun but to get an adult and what isnt on my body is always locked up.
Hiding shit from them only puts them at risk.
I did the same thing. “Wanna see a gun? Which one? Let’s go get it. Let’s talk about it. How it works. How it’s used. Why we have it.” I’m not scared that my kids are sneaking around looking for guns, because they are anything but taboo in our house. That makes them not cool. It’s the equivalent of them asking “Dad, can I see a hammer?” Of course, there’s the gun safe too...
How the hell are kids supposed to learn responsible use of dangerous tools of you hide them? I know I would be a double amputee if my dad treated a hacksaw the way most parents treat guns.
8 years old, I was shooting coke cans and deer with a .243. My 3.5 year old has been dry firing rifles since he was 1 and frequently "shoots" all my match rifles (I have the rifle shouldered and he is behind/side me and pulls the trigger and its suppressed.) He knows about my pistols and sees them all the time and never asks to play with it.
W in T F did I say 'hide' anything. I said 'secure' them. If its on your person it is, or should be, secure. If it isnt it should be such that idiots cant get it. If youve taught your kids then they shouldnt be idiots. Regardless it shouldnt be left in a car thats open to the public.
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That's what I was shocked by... Who leaves an unlocked antique car on display at a football game with valuable shit in it, let alone firearms?
I mean... That's peak negligence, IMO, and I even let my 4YO do some disassembly/reassembly steps and help out with cleaning beater rifles.
Absolutely. My post was me going down a rabbit trail that had little to do with the story in question.
i dont have a cause, I have rights, fuck all them all that want to take them.
you dont keep rights by trying to appease those that will take them, you take care of those that will take them.,
Unfortunate.
Where I'm from, 8 year olds are damn proficient and safe with firearms. Teach them early.
Where I'm from, 8 year olds are damn proficient and safe with firearms. Teach them early.
Firearms are too simple and too dangerous and too prevalent to NOT teach them firearms safety at an early age. It really ought to be put back into schools but that ain't happening these days.
I got my first shotgun and .22 rifle at that age! I was asking how dynamite worked at age 6 though, so he knew he wasn't gonna be able to keep me away from it for long. Shit, every other question had to be firearm or explosive related when I was that age! And I had a father who worked on cutting edge weapons at Redstone Arsenal, and I was allowed in his underground weapons lab at Teledyne when I was young, so I got good answers.
And I NEVER EVER would have taken any of HIS firearms out and I'd have asked to take mine. Except my high power pellet rifle, I was trusted with it (despite it having more power than a .22 pistol). I'd have had my ass beaten and my firearms taken away otherwise. My best friends, they were dirt poor and we were upper middle class. To them we looked loaded rich though. Anyway, my friends were not left out. They went hunting with us sometimes and were made proficient on firearms safety too.
Now, these kids see all this shit on TV, and then WOW! Mom has one too! Cool, let me check that motherfucker out! Forget it's at a ballgame in public, this is FAR more interesting. And that's because it is to a kid, and that's when it got dangerous.
Had that been me, I'd probably have whispered to dad, "hey, your butt's showing!" LAST thing I'd do is touch his firearm though!
I got my first shotgun and .22 rifle at that age! I was asking how dynamite worked at age 6 though, so he knew he wasn't gonna be able to keep me away from it for long. Shit, every other question had to be firearm or explosive related when I was that age! And I had a father who worked on cutting edge weapons at Redstone Arsenal, and I was allowed in his underground weapons lab at Teledyne when I was young, so I got good answers.
And I NEVER EVER would have taken any of HIS firearms out and I'd have asked to take mine. Except my high power pellet rifle, I was trusted with it (despite it having more power than a .22 pistol). I'd have had my ass beaten and my firearms taken away otherwise. My best friends, they were dirt poor and we were upper middle class. To them we looked loaded rich though. Anyway, my friends were not left out. They went hunting with us sometimes and were made proficient on firearms safety too.
Now, these kids see all this shit on TV, and then WOW! Mom has one too! Cool, let me check that motherfucker out! Forget it's at a ballgame in public, this is FAR more interesting. And that's because it is to a kid, and that's when it got dangerous.
Had that been me, I'd probably have whispered to dad, "hey, your butt's showing!" LAST thing I'd do is touch his firearm though!
1st post worrying about this looking bad for gun rights
2nd post is about keeping rights,
I am just saying I aint twirling worry beads about people taking my rights I will defend them to the death, talking about it time is over.
2nd post is about keeping rights,
I am just saying I aint twirling worry beads about people taking my rights I will defend them to the death, talking about it time is over.
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