Originally Posted by
Lady's Human
What's wrong with that? If the kids know there are guns, and know how to deal with them, where's the problem? If the adult cleaning the weapon knows what they're doing, where's the issue?
If a gun is locked up, what good is it in case of home invasion?
What bothers me more than anything is the irrational fear of an inanimate object, and the ineffective and damaging feel good laws which result.
I agree.
Please explain to me why cleaning a firearm is a bad thing, to be done in private away from children? That's absurd. That's like saying, "OMG, someone was changing the oil in their car, changing their chainsaw blade, sharpening a kitchen knife or putting a new sparkplug on the lawmower ... in front of children!"
I grew up around guns, and not only watched my dad clean them, but was taught how to clean one myself. Every time I smell gun oil, I think of my daddy cleaning his rifle at the kitchen table. It makes me miss him very much.
Guns held no more fascination and allure for me than did a fishing pole, a hand saw or a weed eater. A gun was just one more of dad's tools. I was taught never to touch any of his tools without his permission. If I wanted to go fishing or shooting, he took me. It was never a big deal. I raised my child the same way. He knows how to shoot and clean a gun, and knows I'll take him out shooting when he wants to go. He has never made a big deal about a gun, because I never made it into one. As it should be.
A gun is just a tool, that's all, no more or less. You can kill someone with a gun, sure, and you can kill someone with a hammer, a knife, a rock or a car, too. How many people die in this country because someone didn't know how to drive and ran into them in a vehicle? A LOT more than get shot, I assure you.
Yes, I am appalled that people were shooting each other in a toy store. There is no justification for that, and hopefully the hammer of justice will fall where it should.
However, to throw the wet blanket of gun control over every US citizen because of it is absurd. Should we all lose our cars because some drunk driver caused an accident and killed someone? What about the rest of us, who are careful, responsible drivers? Same goes for guns.
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