Kids, guns and Dr. Phil: Larry Elder exposes how pop psychologist distorted firearm statistics

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, November 28, 2002 -- Happy Thanksgiving! | Larry Elder

[mhking]

I am greatful for you.

Aw shucks...I'm nothing special...just a guy.

But thanks and God bless you and yours nonetheless...

[Ford Fairlane]

I though phd stood for post hole digger

[zip]

You come across as a leftist gun grabber. If you were just incoherent, please repost with different verbage.

[Sparta]

Bump!!!

[Sparta]

Now, why would Dr. Phil let a little something like the truth get in way.

[husky ed]

Instead of educating the kids, maybe we should be educating the trailer trash that makes this kinda of crap-TV possible.

[zip]

Ping (and Happy Thanksgiving)

[DWSUWF]

My understanding is that 'Dr. Phil' has what might be called a checkered past.

Does anyone have hard data on his background?

[btcusn]

I can't speak for others, but in OUR HOUSE, our kids)ages 11and 9)have been well trained in gun safety, and enjoy shooting. Both know what happens when a gun is fired, and both know thazt a gun is ALWAYS loaded!!
I can leave a .45 laying on the living room table for 6 months and they will not touch it without my permission, if it's intheir way, they will ask me or my wife to move it.
Jack

[F.J. Mitchell]

" Needs clowns and a couple of jugglers."

Not really, it is already hosted by a clown that juggles the facts.

[brewcrew]

Webster defination of a child

From birth to pub, ie 13 years of age.

Another definition of "child" is anyone born of a mother. That would make us all children, rendering the statistic Dr. "Fil 'er up" cites as virtually insignificant.

[buffyt]

Larry covered this issue very well on his radio show late last week. If you can possibly listen to his show, do! It is great. I found it on same station in LA that played Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly programs, that was 790am in LA. If you type in http://www.hannity.com you will be able to search for a local station for Sean's show. Larry is such a great man, great thinker, great writer, freat speaker, and a very handsome man, too!!!! His show is very entertaining, also. His mom is on with him sometimes and she is so brilliant, great role model for all of us, she is!

[Dec31,1999]

bttt.

[Pablo64]

Absolutely! You are right on the mark with your assesment. Both of my children have been exposed not only to firearms, but to firears safety since they were two or three years old. My children know that they are never to handle firearms without an adult present and in charge (not just somewhere in the vicinity). We have also trained them in what to do if they are playing with other children at someone else's home and they discover a gun. They know they are to tell the other children to leave it alone and then immediately go and find an adult.

As with anything, it is a matter of training. We have tested them with unloaded guns "left out by accident" to see what they would do, and they make me proud.

[Pablo64]

"I though phd stood for post hole digger."

I believe it stands for Piled Higher and Deeper.

[blastdad51]

Can we anything less from someone that got thier start with Oparh?

[RJL]

Now, why would Dr. Phil let a little something like the truth get in way.

I just sent Dr Phil a note asking why the easily refuted lies on his show.

I suspect he just bought into some gun grabber's nonsense without doing any checking on his own. If he receives a few notes maybe he will do some checking before he spews such crap again.

[blastdad51]

So what's your point? Mine was that islamic extremists are evil. Are you saying that I'm a bigot or what! I don't care what Powell says, murder and suicide in the name of religion is EVIL!!!!!!!!!!

[CARepubGal]

Correct. He is a Psychologist not a psychiatrist and to call him a disgrace to the profession is being too mild. The fellow appeared on Oprah and appeals to a certain (prozac filled) mindset. I heard him a couple of times and was totally unimpressed.