Hubby was telling me yesterday about something that went on in his class this week.
The instructor, an American citizen originally from Belfast, used an analogy about firing speed of a gun in relation to whatever it was they were doing. Of the 9 folks in the class one had absolutely no clue what the instructor was talking about.......he couldn't understand why anyone would even have a gun, let alone know anything about firing one. He didn't know anyone who even owned one.
According to hubby the guy was a cool guy, pushing 60 and considered himself an oddball in that he lives in south Chicago and is a right leaning conservative.
the whole story about his reaction to everyone else in the class understanding the gun analogy was hilarious. He was appalled about the fact hubby said we had guns in the house and listed what they all were. Hubby has a wicked sense of humor and his response to the question "but, what about your daughter?" was classic.............""She knows what end the bullets come out."
(disclaimer here for those seeking anything they can to find me a bad person - no weapon accessible to anyone but an adult is loaded and there is no ammunition accessible either)
Nothing much has happened in Chicago to make someone think they would even need a gun since they imposed the library fine on a Mr. Alphonse Capone.
That is funny........LOL
You don't really think your child can't get to a gun, do you? The key is that she knows what it is for and how to handle one correctly when she finds it. The truly paranoid need to be reminded that most people keep sharp knives accessible without worry. I don't think we have any anti-gun nuts posting in this room, but I'm sure they lurk.