none ya business
Posted on 12/24/2015 11:55:48 AM PST by pabianice
It was the most awkward and divisive of questions that I would ask of other parents, usually new acquaintances, but also of old friends. We’d be on the phone, discussing our young children, laughing, and the subject of play dates would come up. The other mom might say, “Can Chloe come over here tomorrow to play with Maddie?†I would ask, “Do you keep guns in your house?â€
Always it would lead to the most illuminating of answers, whether yes or no. If the response was negative, the parent would answer immediately, following up with something like, “No, never. We don’t believe in having firearms.†In the other cases, there would always be a pause preceded a simple, “â€Yes.†I would follow up, “Do you have a gun safe?†Usually, then came the “No.â€
Once, when Chloe was in second grade, a mother called me apologizing before I could even get out hello. “I’m so sorry,†she said, “Alex would never harm Chloe, I just want you to know.†I had no idea what she was talking about. But it turned out that her son, Alex, had been teasing another girl in the class, and Chloe had told him to stop. “I’m going to shoot you dead,†8-year-old Alex had said. “I know where my grandfather keeps his gun, I’m going to bring his gun to school tomorrow and kill you.†Chloe had come home and never mentioned it to me, but she had ratted Alex out to her teacher, who had mentioned it to the mom. The school never called me.
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none ya business
...ya never know when a devil gun will pop out of the closet and shoot unsuspecting bystanders...
Answer: “Don’t sweat it, snowflake. I’m taking the kids to the range for some firearm safety instruction and some shooting fun.”
I would always ask if there were any brain-dead liberals in their house....
Yea, right........my BS meter just blew up
I had a co-worker who lost a child this way. So sad that the gun wasn’t properly secured.
I suppose the reverse could be asked. “Do you have any guns to protect my child in case someone invades your home?”
I’m slightly different from this guy. We have a lot of crime in Texas and if the homeowner for the play-date is not willing to take the VERY MINOR STEP (at least in Texas) of owning gun, I won’t let my kid take the risk of being there unprotected.
I don’t believe the story.
I just know whom my kids are playing with. That means I know the parents, the siblings, the siblings’ friends. I know what goes on in that house
Kids think I’m a pain sometimes I don’t care igf they have a gun. I just want to know they know how to use it. That means securing it from irresponsible people
One favorite activity of one dad us sitting out back and shooting pests.
To the author,
First, just because you don't want one, doesn't mean I don't, and it doesn't mean you can attempt to have my rights trampled. Second, just because you don't trust yourself with a gun (you sounds like an idiot, I probably wouldn't trust you with one either), doesn't mean that I don't trust myself with one. Third, try telling a terrorist or mugger or carjacker that your words are more powerful than his knife/gun/hammer/fists. I'd be interested to hear how that goes.
Never had a parent ask me or the wife that.
Of course when they come over the gun rack in the hallway is in full view - as well as the rifle in the rack over the dining room door.
Have had a few “Niiiiice”.
Any evil liberal WaPo readers in your house?
No, but we do have several anvils in the home.
I’m so sure the kid threatening story is fabricated.
What utter nonsense.
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