• Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    Teaching kids to use guns doesn’t save kids’ lives. If you want to teach em to stay away from guns, that they’re deadly, they shouldn’t touch it and should tell an adult right away go ahead.

    Teaching kids to use guns in the name of gun safety is like saying you need to teach them how to drive in case they find some car keys lying around and decide to take it for a spin.

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      6 months ago

      If you want to teach em to stay away from guns, that they’re deadly, they shouldn’t touch it and should tell an adult right away go ahead.

      That IS gun safety education.

      Also the first rule of gun safety: a gun is ALWAYS LOADED

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        6 months ago

        Stop for one second, re read the conversation, and the link. I’m criticizing teaching 7 year old kids to shoot, not criticizing teaching actual gun safety. That was a straw man you set up to knock down.

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      6 months ago

      Do you teach your kids to swim, or to stay away from water? Guess which is more effective at preventing drowning?