I dont want to be accused of flaming nor being a troll...
But to me it is absolutely horrifying that someone would allow a 3 year old child to play with a gun, or have any desire to explain how to use one. To a 3 year old.
Why would people want to teach their children to kill things?
The gun lobby might accuse Michael Moore of many things, but the 10,000+ gun related deaths a year he was quoting at you doesnt come from nowhere.
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Originally posted by raeanna74
Not the firearms fault. So much went wrong here.
1. never leave a child alone in a car under the age you would be able to leave them alone at home.
2. Never have a gun accessible to children. Locked, in a safe, with a trigger lock, however you do it doesn't matter, just do it.
3. Did the guy even have a liscense to have a gun in his car? I don't know all the regulations but some places require that. Others say it has to be locked away or in a case etc.
I agree you SUPERMIDGET that parents should teach children how to use a gun and to respect it. At this child's age though I don't think they could have learned enough yet to prevent this accident. My daughter is 3 and not completely able to understand the significance of the respect of a firearm yet. She's also sometimes clumsy, as children are at that age, who are still learning small motor control. They could have an accident easily enough even when they aren't being stupid with the weapon.
I have allowed her to touch our guns under my constant supervision and I explain things to her. I want her to know how to fire one and how to hold one safely. I still will lock it away though, at least until I'm certain she is proficient in handling a firearm and mature enough to respect it.
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