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Originally Posted by worth
Sorry, disagree.
I can buy that a child may not fully understand what it means to shoot someone, but that is not required to teach proper safety principles and to help them understand shooting someone is wrong and that serious consequences can result.
I have seen plenty of examples of children learning and respecting guns, and that includes myself when I was a kid.
Regardless, if a parent didn't want to teach their kid about it, then proper storage safe handling principles is logical for most people. But no matter what, there are always circumstances where people don't do logical things.
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Why would any parent own guns and not teach gun safety? And why would any parent owning guns not store them properly? I have been around guns all my life. Gun safety was taught. Yes, people sometimes do not behave logically, that is why we should get to your second point.
You said proper safe handling principles is logical for most people. Well, in this country, it is mandatory for all people.
The two should go together. Gun safety should be taught in conjunction with proper gun storeage.