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Originally Posted by llama64
You need to understand my perspective. Death is absolute. There is no do-over for someone who gets killed. Children, in GENERAL, don't get that. Yes, it's a blanket statement but your own personal example doesn't prove it false.
Gun's are lethal even in the hands of children. Do we let them drive cars? Do we let them handle explosives? Do we let them skydive? Why should we let them handle guns?
I get that I'm hitting a cultural nerve, and I don't want to get into a gun control argument here. My point was that it's better for parents just to not have guns in the house at all.
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To say that my own personal example doesn't prove your sweeping statement (that kids can't be taugth proper firearm safetly) is a little odd.
Seems to me that I was a kid when it was taught to me, so yup, there you go that looks like a good exception that proves the statement false.
But to be more general.
How often do you hear about small kids shooting each other?
Not very often.
How many 8 year olds in Alberta alone go hunting with their dads, and know how to safely use a gun. THOUSANDS. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that most gun owners/users, were introduced at a relatively young age, probalby through hunting with Dad.
Besides, I'd be willing to bet a pretty large sum of money that the vast majority of kids who have used a gun on others had parents who did very little to teach their kids about proper gun safety.