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Originally posted by Strange Famous
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.
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If there are guns in the house, you want your kids to grow up with proper respect for them. Part of that is knowing the rules, part of it is understanding how they work, part is how to take care of them. The very last part is how to use them. It's like living near water: you want your kids to know how to swim as soon as possible so that they don't drown. Doing this gives them many more opportunities to get into situations where they could drown, but it's safest on the balance. Having guns in the house is the same principle: make sure accidents don't happen through ignorance and you've won half the battle.
I don't like guns, but the 2nd ammendment deserves my respect as much as the 1st, and I grew up with guns and understand them.