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12-25-2012 03:08 PM |
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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
(Post 19389121)
The trouble with that philosophy is - common sense isn't so common these days.
It's not so much baby-proofing YOUR kid's life...it's someone else's.
While I accept that you may be a responsible gun owner and have taken the time to pass that along to your children - obviously we're seeing many others who aren't.
All kids mature at a different age and develop a sense of responsibility at different times - some never do. It's not always an easy task to determine where the line is drawn.
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I never had any problems with the friends of my daughter or any other kid.
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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
(Post 19389137)
yep gun education is key. i had to attend gun school before i could shoot my rifle i got for my 12th birthday. :1orglaugh sucked but it taught me some stuff.
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I took hunter safety course at 16, by then I had been shooting for 7 years
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Originally Posted by Rochard
(Post 19389497)
No - Common sense is knowing you don't know who had access to your guns. If your kid had access to your guns, so did all of your kid's friend's - and you have no idea what issues your kid's friends had.
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My daughter, if anyone of her friends did anything disrespectful in our house, she would have kicked them out. Before any kid spent any time in my house, I met their parents. Before my daughter spent anytime at a friends house, I met their parents. I had their parents names and phone numbers. It was common sense by design. Most of the families that lived in my area where I raised her had hunters in the house, so they were raised around firearms as well. Never heard of any kids in the area shooting themselves or taking a gun to class.
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