Originally Posted by
littlewaywelt
well...I'll add this. kids don't find guns in the houses of families that choose not to own them.
My guns (4 rifles and a handgun) are all locked away, far out of reach...impracticably so if there was ever someone in the house. Then again, I have no problem with that bc a criminal in the house is far less likely than a kid finding a gun. As I recall there are far fewer uses of guns in justifiable self defense in the home than there are kids who shoot themselves accidentally, and those that get used in domestic violence, etc.
Gun ownership requires rationalizations based on statistical likelihoods that are often ridiculous. Myself included.
I taught my kids from the moment they could understand that guns are dangerous, I also taught them how to safely handle, clean, load, shoot, and respect a weapon, Ive had guns in my home for 24 years and my children that are now grown never touched them, only when it was time to go to the range, my oldest will be graduating college soon and will be a registered Nurse, she owns an AR 15, a Glock, Remington 12 gauge, and a dragunov just like mine, my youngest attends the Barbara Sandanoto School of Ballet and she also buys and sells Japanese dolls, although she enjoys shooting she shows no interest in owning a gun
see, its a personal choice to be made by the person, not any of us OR the US government, its all up to the person