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03-23-2004, 06:41 PM
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I still freak out every time Oprah or whoever does one of those shows where they hide a gun in a room with a hidden camera, and the kids find it and start playing - even the kids whose parents thought their kids were clear on gun safety. Since she's only 3 I'm in charge of her social life (poor kid) but I can see I will have to do some thinking about this in the next few years. We're barely over potty training, I didn't think I was going to survive!
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03-23-2004, 06:53 PM
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| Meeting in a park is a good idea, too. You gotta do what makes you comfortable in protecting your kids. Turns out they could play in my house because I haven't followed Dad's example, but if I did have guns in my house, I wouldn't be offended at all if a parent told me they didn't want their child there.
__________________ When you're ten years old and a car drives by and splashes a puddle of water all over you, it's hard to decide if you should go to school like that or try to go home and change and probably be late. So while he was trying to decide, I drove by and splashed him again. - Jack Handey Read Paulie's Precaps for Survivor:Vanuatu: 1-2-3-4-5 | |
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03-23-2004, 06:59 PM
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| to Paulie about education being the key.My father hunts a lot, and we had guns in the house. They were not locked away, back then there was no law to keep them locked. They were high up in a room in basement, but we knew where they were. Also my mom is a detective, so she had sometimes (rarely) her handgun at the house. I think living with guns, and knowing their proper use was the best education we could get regarding guns. None of us ever touched a gun without permission, not even my little brother (that anyone knows about anyway). I am worried too about my kids realizing that guns really can be deadly because they never see guns used (for hunting). I banned all kinds of play/waterguns for a few years, but last year my son got a hockey game for birthday that uses waterguns to shoot the puck around, so that was the end of that ban regarding waterguns. Maybe my father will take the boys hunting once they grow up, so they see what guns really can do. (At least I was scared about guns seeing dead birds and animals hanging on the porch, even though they tasted mighty good.)
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03-23-2004, 07:26 PM
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That being said, I realize I haven't adequately educated my own children at this point.
__________________ When you're ten years old and a car drives by and splashes a puddle of water all over you, it's hard to decide if you should go to school like that or try to go home and change and probably be late. So while he was trying to decide, I drove by and splashed him again. - Jack Handey Read Paulie's Precaps for Survivor:Vanuatu: 1-2-3-4-5 | ||
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03-23-2004, 07:49 PM
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| I hesitated even commenting on this because I know what a hot button topic it can be. However, I need to give a to Paulie and Tirlattan. My dad always had guns in the house. We were educated from a young age on how to behave around guns and what damage a gun could do. We never touched them without supervision. I've always shot skeet and we target-shoot regularly. It's just a fun pasttime for my husband and I. And yes, we have guns in our home. I actually believe there are a few things you can do to make it safer. 1) Education, education, education. Don't assume your kids know the rules. Don't assume they know what guns can do. Show them. Teach them. Even if you don't have guns of your own. 2) Don't worry about seeming rude. Ask people about guns in their homes if it worries you. Better feel embarrassed for a few minutes than have your child injured or killed. 3) If you do own guns, keep them secured. Keep your ammunition secured elsewhere. Keep trigger locks on your guns and keep the keys to all of it on yourself. Don't leave them laying around the house. Treat every gun as if its loaded, but don't keep guns loaded in your house. ![]() That's what we try to do. ![]()
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03-23-2004, 09:10 PM
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I have an anquaintence who shot an intruder last year and saved his wife and toddler's life. Which is good. But he kept his gun loaded in his bedside table--and he has a three year old. Maybe it saved their lives, but still--YIKES. (My husband thinks a gun safe is the answer, but I've never seen one that has all the safety features I want.)
__________________ "Look, you love me, and I love you. Maybe in a different time, a different place, this would work out. But we both know that only one of us is leaving this room alive, and I'm the one holding the flame thrower." - Film Fakers | ||
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03-23-2004, 09:58 PM
| #527 |
| To be honest, we keep guns for recreation, not for protection. Well, protection to a certain extent. We live out in the country and have wild dogs and snakes and such to contend with. So, it's nice to know that we have the means to take care of things like that. As far as intruders are concerned, my own personal opinion is that it's a bad idea to try to take one on. It's too easy to have your weapon taken away and used on you. I don't want to get into specifics on a message board, but we do have keep a loaded *clip* at the ready so that one of our guns can be ready to fire quickly, just in case. However, like I said, I don't really consider that the best thing to do for an intruder unless I truly thought it was the only solution. I definitely don't think that people who don't normally use guns should keep one just for that purpose. That's just my opinion, though. ![]()
__________________ "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."- Yoda "I'll just see where Providence takes me and try to look like I got there confidently." - Craig Ferguson | |
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03-23-2004, 10:02 PM
| #528 |
I've had nightmares about that situation myself. I'm a good shot at paper targets, but I don't have 100% confidence I wouldn't screw up badly or just freeze if someone was coming at me. And a person like that wouldn't hesitate to use my weapon on me in that situation. Because of that, I just figure it's probably best to not have one around for that purpose.I don't doubt my dad would be just fine defending himself in that situation, and that's why he keeps the loaded one within hand's reach every night.
__________________ When you're ten years old and a car drives by and splashes a puddle of water all over you, it's hard to decide if you should go to school like that or try to go home and change and probably be late. So while he was trying to decide, I drove by and splashed him again. - Jack Handey Read Paulie's Precaps for Survivor:Vanuatu: 1-2-3-4-5 | |
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03-23-2004, 10:03 PM
| #529 |
| Thanks, SG. I agree. If I ever want to recreate with guns, Mr. Spegs's best friend has more weapons than an arms dealer, and he has no problem with sharing. (My kids meet his kids at the park).
__________________ "Look, you love me, and I love you. Maybe in a different time, a different place, this would work out. But we both know that only one of us is leaving this room alive, and I'm the one holding the flame thrower." - Film Fakers | |
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03-23-2004, 10:08 PM
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__________________ "Look, you love me, and I love you. Maybe in a different time, a different place, this would work out. But we both know that only one of us is leaving this room alive, and I'm the one holding the flame thrower." - Film Fakers | ||
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