Posted on 10/09/2015 6:02:15 PM PDT by montanajoe
So if the kid hung himself you’d say the same thing about rope?
It is a tragedy but guns are not even close to the most dangerous thing to children. By stressing every accidental or even suicide by guns, the public is fooled into thinking that something is true which is not.
I do think parents are responsible for teaching safe handling of guns and when not to handle them too. My Father always had guns in the house and none of his 5 children would even have dreamed of handling one without permission.
Gun safety starts with respect and should include safe storage. That glass front gun cabinet will make a nice china hutch.
It was 1981.
People have been shooting themselves with guns for as long as guns have been around.
My grandfather hung himself in the family home when my Dad (only child) was 14...crap happens
I'm a gun owner and a supporter of the 2nd Amendment, but with great power comes great responsibility. When my wife said she wanted a gun in the house so she'd feel secure when I'm out of town, I said, "sure. But only if you go to a pistol range and take some lessons."
Get it?
Shall I continue?
people have been offing themselves since the beginning of time, if it wasn’t a gun it would be something else.
Was this a suicide or an accident?
So do you also have “serious concerns” about easy access to cars, computers, rope, sharp instruments, acetaminophen, and other things people have used tonkill themselves or used to drive others to kill themselves?
“Soooooooo concerned”
Yeah, right.
Y’all posting in a troll thread.
Mentally ill people have always been in danger of harming themselves be it by gun, knife, hanging, pills, poison, jumping off a bridge, lying on the train tracks etc. This isn’t anything new.
If we used that type of logic we would have to ban not only guns but knives, rope, medications including aspirin, bridges and trains. Would that make any sense?
Taking away our Constitutional rights isn’t going to do anything to fix that. Someone intent on harming themselves or others will find a way.
There are probably half a dozen other reasons that could point to someone causing harm to themselves or others. Taking away the right to defend ourselves isn’t going to do a dang thing except to make more targets available. It’s an emotional reaction designed to make people feel better and our government to gain complete control over us.
Does irresponsible car ownership jeopardize car ownership?
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“The founders could have never envisioned that there could be a distinction between gun ownership and responsible gun ownership. Yet today distinction is glaring.”
Nonsense. The Founders understood human nature, which is why they attempted to limit gov’t power. People will always do stupid or cruel things. There will never be an end of it. But it is no reason to limit EVERYONE ELSE’S God-given rights.
It was a terrible thing to have happen, & as one who has suffered from depression, I’ve dealt with my own suicidal thoughts. What stopped me was knowing the pain it would inflict on those around me. I wish this kid had considered others before acting. Prayers for his family.
I have a friend whose little nephew drowned in a bucket last July. More kids drown in buckets than die from guns.
It's damned tough being a kid, and probably harder now than it was in my day when you could at least walk up to the bullies and punch the SOB in the face (even knowing you were likely to not only get your butt kicked, but get into trouble, too).
Now, a kid is supposed to take it, and that just encourages more.
So the kid has a meltdown.
You can blame the gun, but they can find a truck to step in front of, hang themselves, or get into someone's meds just as easy.
Every parent should make sure they tell their kid (and then back it up by living it) "If you ever have a problem, no matter how bad it seems, come tell me. Work with me on it. I love you, and even if you get into trouble, trouble only lasts so long. The trimmings may have changed, but the basic problems haven't. "
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