9 year old shoots sister of vide game controller.

[Snowwalker]

People that babble on about beating "respect" into children only serve to defend the morons who leave guns where children can easily access them. They both cause governments to introduce "safe storage" legislation.

A responsible parent teaches respect. A responsible gun owner locks his guns up so children can't get to them.

Your contradicting yourself. Teaching kids respect is bad....You should teach your kids respect.
Which is it? Also where has anyone said you should beat a child?

[Badenoch]

Also where has anyone said you should beat a child?

You brought up the prospect of being beaten if you touched guns when you were 9.

When I was 9 I knew were the guns and the ammo were.......I also had a very good Idea of how many years, months, weeks, days, hours, minute, and seconds it would be till I could sit again if I touched them.

My guess at the time was somewhere around my sixtyish birthday.

Teaching respect is responsible parenting. Locking guns up to prevent children from getting to them is responsible gun ownership.

[Snowwalker]

You brought up the prospect of being beaten if you touched guns when you were 9.

Where did I say that exactly?

[dutchhunter]

30 years ago no one had gun safes. Guns were kept in closets all across the country. How many kids shot anyone

[JoePa]

Very good point Dutch' - and another thing - kids grew up watching cowboy movies and the first thing a kid wanted for Christmas was a cap gun with a hostler - society has gone down the tubes because it had lost its moral soul - every kid in school has a pocket knife in his pocket and when old enough got a BB gun - it ain't the guns - its the people - and if it ain't guns then it is something else - like the guy out in CA who has set off 5 bombs so far killing a couple people - and as far as the boggy man - come down here and see what is happening - a person needs to be prepared - a boy scout motto - I still say that if some disaster happens all hell will break loose -

[Fox]

Very good point Dutch' - and another thing - kids grew up watching cowboy movies and the first thing a kid wanted for Christmas was a cap gun with a hostler - society has gone down the tubes because it had lost its moral soul - every kid in school has a pocket knife in his pocket and when old enough got a BB gun - it ain't the guns - its the people - and if it ain't guns then it is something else - like the guy out in CA who has set off 5 bombs so far killing a couple people - and as far as the boggy man - come down here and see what is happening - a person needs to be prepared - a boy scout motto - I still say that if some disaster happens all hell will break loose -

There is a reason we live up here.

[jaycee]

In Austin Texas, there is also some "crazy person " leaving package bombs around, now he is using trip wired bombs along sidewalks .
Two people killed , others injured, 5 bombs in 19 days.
What a crazy world down there.

[jaycee]

I wonder , if the parents of that 9 year old boy will be charged with anything ? possibly " criminal negligence causing death ".

[Fox]

I wonder , if the parents of that 9 year old boy will be charged with anything ? possibly " criminal negligence causing death ".

It is not illegal to leave the gun loaded and in the drawer, so probably not, they will say it was a horrible accident with no charges laid to anyone.

[JoePa]

There is a reason we live up here.

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What is boils down to is security vs freedom - you guys have so many laws and restrictions you can hardly call yourself free - I personally take freedom over security