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WildBill wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:05 am Dear Dumb Father - Tell your daughter she can stay at your house if she gets rid of her exploding bullets and replaces them with the type that police use.
Children should never be taught to fear a weapon. They need to be taught to respect weapons and respect the adult who tells them not to handle a weapon until they receive the proper training in order to handle a weapons safely.MaduroBU wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:24 pm Children should be taught to fear guns until they are old enough to be taught to responsibly handle them (even if they never willingly do so).
The basic, safe handling of a firearm is a life skill. When the population was largely rural it was simply passed down like changing a tire or watering plants. Lack of utility in daily life for urbanites has made this (and many other) life skills into strange or secret knowledge for them. This ignorance, when coupled with profound arrogance, produces the demonstrably false statement issued by Amy.
My favorite counter to people who blindly quote the Kellerman "a gun in the home is 3x more likely to kill a resident of the house than an intruder" is to ask if they keep a rifle or shotgun, rent a home/apartment, or consume any amount of alcohol. According to that one study, renting or consuming ANY alcohol raises your odds of being a homicide victim more than owning a pistol. A rifle or shotgun in the home actually reduces one's odds of becoming a victim of homicide in the home.
But Kellerman's study was horribly done. The best guess based upon his own data and government data suggests that about 4.5% of homicides committed in homes were committed with guns kept in the home.
I dunno. I think she fears running out of gas here and there.C-dub wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:16 pm I taught my daughter to respect many things including firearms and fear nothing. The later bites me in the rear every now and then, but I still think she's great!
WTR wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:48 pm Children should never be taught to fear a weapon. They need to be taught to respect weapons and respect the adult who tells them not to handle a weapon until they receive the proper training in order to handle a weapons safely.
Not if I'm just a phone call away with an extra gallon or two. I can't fit a two gallon can in my bike, but I wonder if I can fit a couple one gallon ones in the saddle bags.Flightmare wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:27 pmI dunno. I think she fears running out of gas here and there.C-dub wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:16 pm I taught my daughter to respect many things including firearms and fear nothing. The later bites me in the rear every now and then, but I still think she's great!
That was great. The comments were what what I was hoping for. The people step up to correct "Amy's" ignorance and point it out to all.aero10 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:12 amAsk and ye shall receive. This one has a comment section.C-dub wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 6:40 am No comment section? I was really looking forward to reading those. Or adding one.
https://www.al.com/life/2019/06/ask-amy ... house.html
Here ya go:C-dub wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:56 pmNot if I'm just a phone call away with an extra gallon or two. I can't fit a two gallon can in my bike, but I wonder if I can fit a couple one gallon ones in the saddle bags.Flightmare wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:27 pmI dunno. I think she fears running out of gas here and there.C-dub wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:16 pm I taught my daughter to respect many things including firearms and fear nothing. The later bites me in the rear every now and then, but I still think she's great!
New Yorker....it makes sense now.Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068
This father should never own a gun