• Nakoichi [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I should also add that even if we could have found the ammo, my friends and I were all taught basic gun safety from a very early age and the worst we might have done was some property damage.

    This is not in favor of leaving your guns around like that but like, kids aren't morons and if you educate them and instill respect for firearms they become drastically less dangerous.

    On top of that you cannot control how other people store or handle their guns and that education can save a life even if you don't personally own one.

    Firearms safety should be mandatory in school curriculum so long as we have more guns than people in this country (at the very least, I would argue we've opened pandora's box in that regard and it will always be a necessary thing).

    • steve5487 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      the kid was behaving fine it was the dad who didn't so much not understand guns as he didn't understand that it's a big deal to kill someone

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        What I was getting at was that this guy was never instilled with respect for or discipline regarding guns if this is how he handles his own.