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Group gives Idaho an ‘F’ on gun safety for kids
Idaho Statesman ^ | 01-09-2003 | Unknown

Posted on 01/09/2003 10:44:53 AM PST by Cuttnhorse

Edited on 05/07/2004 6:21:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Idaho again has received a failing grade from a national gun-control organization, which says the state is among the worst at protecting children from gunfire. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence awarded Idaho an

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To: Cuttnhorse
A side-by-side graph would be very interesting.
21 posted on 01/09/2003 11:42:28 AM PST by Eagle Eye (Citizens have arms, subjects don't.)
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To: bankwalker
(lost 35 pounds since 11/20/2002 - 5 per week)

Okay, I'll ask. How? Hopefully you won't say eating at Subway.

22 posted on 01/09/2003 11:48:35 AM PST by hattend ("I have a cunning plan" - Baldrick)
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To: Hugin
Oh heaven forbid we have results-based grading :-)
23 posted on 01/09/2003 11:52:34 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Woof)
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To: Jeff Head
Ping!
24 posted on 01/09/2003 11:57:01 AM PST by MrConfettiMan
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To: Cuttnhorse
GUN CONTROL IS A SHAM TO 90% OF AMERICA - NOBODY'S FOOLED BY ANTI-GUN PROPAGANDA ANYMORE
25 posted on 01/09/2003 12:00:05 PM PST by ServesURight
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To: Cuttnhorse
SD only got a D, I know we can do better than that. That's deplorable, I would have hoped for at least an F+.
27 posted on 01/09/2003 12:10:16 PM PST by SoDak
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To: bankwalker
Thanks! I'll check it out. I could lose about 45 pounds. I lost 35 last year riding a bike but then I went on vacation and stopped riding.. I have 25 of it back. :-(
28 posted on 01/09/2003 12:12:32 PM PST by hattend ("I have a cunning plan" - Baldrick)
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To: Cuttnhorse
Three Cheers for Idaho!

Hip, Hip, Horray!!!!!!!!!!

29 posted on 01/09/2003 12:14:00 PM PST by FourPeas (No one told me there was going to be a whine & cheese party?)
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To: Cuttnhorse; MrConfettiMan
We wear that "F" with honor and a smile out here, hoping our own politicians are not foolish enough to react to such liberal blather.

They (the liberals) don't like it that we TEACH our kids out here how to responsibly use guns. That drives them wild, because we are encouraging the kids to foster safe gun use.

What they want in terms of safety (which is actually the anti-thesis thereof) is NO guns in the hands of the kids or their parents.

Well ... too bad. I say to them ... MOLON LABE!

30 posted on 01/09/2003 12:17:40 PM PST by Jeff Head
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To: Cuttnhorse
Idaho again has received a failing grade from a national gun-control organization,

Idaho must be doing something right.

Go spuds!

31 posted on 01/09/2003 12:19:10 PM PST by A2J
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To: hattend
I lost 35 last year ... ... I have 25 of it back.

Sounds like you have a 10 pound head start to me ;-)

32 posted on 01/09/2003 12:19:35 PM PST by bankwalker (lost 35 pounds since 11/20/2002 - 5 per week)
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To: Jeff Head
I grew up in Idaho. When I was around 10, I asked my folks for a BB gun.

I was told that when I was old enough to have a gun, they'd get me a real gun. Got a .22 rifle for my 12th birthday, followed by a lesson in gun safety and gun handling. I went through Jr. High and H.S. with a gun behind my door. I knew where the ammo was, as well as the location of several more serious guns in the house.

Somehow, I got through my childhood without killing myself or any other kids.

33 posted on 01/09/2003 12:27:32 PM PST by LexBaird
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To: LexBaird
When I was around 10, I asked my folks for a BB gun.

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"

34 posted on 01/09/2003 12:33:08 PM PST by Overtaxed (We got a crummy "C")
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To: alpowolf; All
Forces? This, I think, illustrates the way these people think, i.e. it's just terrible that agents of the state govt are "forced" to obey the Constitution.

Yeh, that caught my eye, but the second half was the best:

“On a positive note, Idaho does regulate possession of guns by kids.”

LOL!!! What State doesn't? I'm not sure what they are even trying to point out by saying that.

35 posted on 01/09/2003 12:33:58 PM PST by FreeTally (If "con" is the opposite of "pro", then what is the opposite of "progress"?)
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To: Cuttnhorse
"Idaho ... does not hold adults responsible for leaving loaded firearms around children, ... the group said Wednesday."

This is inaccurate. Idaho tort law holds all people responsible for all acts of negligence, including leaving dangerous items around for children to access. What Idaho lacks is a special criminal law that lets them criminally punish adults in addition to their liability.
36 posted on 01/09/2003 12:35:09 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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To: Beelzebubba
Seems to me your safer in Idaho than Maryland, that is, if the ATF, FBI and DEA is not in Idaho when your there.
37 posted on 01/09/2003 12:37:38 PM PST by TritonPro20
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To: Jeff Head
Happy New Year to you and your family, Jeff.

Hope all is well with your brother.

Joe (MCM)
38 posted on 01/09/2003 12:41:19 PM PST by MrConfettiMan
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To: Cuttnhorse
Brady Campaign gives Vermont low score for gun control

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Writer

MONTPELIER -- Vermont can do more to protect children from gun violence, according to a national gun control advocacy group.

Vermont received a grade of D- for its laws shielding children from guns in the report card released by the Washington-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Million Mom March.

"The thing with Vermont is they have such a long way to go," said Chad Ramsey of the Brady Campaign. "Just requiring child safety locks sold with each gun is such a small step but it can help.

There's a laundry list of things that can be done." They include requiring background checks for gun buyers at gun shows and holding adults responsible for allowing children access to loaded guns, he said.

Twenty-eight other states received a grade of D or F in the group's sixth annual report card.

But this year the group noted a nationwide drop in the number of children killed by guns.

Still Vermont and other states can do more to protect children from gun violence, the organization said.

Vermont was criticized for failing to hold adults responsible for leaving loaded guns around children and not requiring criminal background checks for buyers at gun shows.

The report card also faulted Vermont for allowing 16-year-olds to carry concealed weapons in public and lacking safety design standards for handguns.

The only praise Vermont received was for limiting the sale or possession of handguns by children under 15.

Vermont has earned the same low grade for the six years that the organization has issued its state analyses. An activist for the National Rifle Association says Vermont's low crime rate is an indication that gun use need not be restricted. "Vermont is unique in the United State. We have no laws in this state prohibiting a person from carrying a loaded weapon. At the same time we have an extremely low crime rate. That tells you something," said Jim Peddon of Shoreham.

"We don't have street crime."

39 posted on 01/09/2003 12:48:57 PM PST by 45Auto
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To: Cuttnhorse
The Brady Bunch is nuts. It would appear that the SAFEST places to live and bring up kids are those states with the lowest grade from these idiots. What the hell does that tell you about what they are really about? How about "More Guns - Less Crime."
40 posted on 01/09/2003 12:52:58 PM PST by 45Auto
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