As a related issue, I think all students should be given age appropriate training in minimal firearms safety. In the younger years, it boils down to "Stop, don't touch, call an adult.", and in older years, enough firearm training to instill some respect for the deadly force it represents, and to demystify it enough that there is no longer the "forbidden fruit" temptation to handle one that they may find. A firearm is a dangerous tool and should be handled with the respect it deserves. It should not be the talisman of power that hollywood media and the gun control groups have created in the minds of american children.
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Date: 2014-10-25 04:00 am (UTC)As a related issue, I think all students should be given age appropriate training in minimal firearms safety. In the younger years, it boils down to "Stop, don't touch, call an adult.", and in older years, enough firearm training to instill some respect for the deadly force it represents, and to demystify it enough that there is no longer the "forbidden fruit" temptation to handle one that they may find. A firearm is a dangerous tool and should be handled with the respect it deserves. It should not be the talisman of power that hollywood media and the gun control groups have created in the minds of american children.
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