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Children and guns
actually go together quite well contrary to many
politically correct and uneducated viewpoints. It's only
the misguided and liberal media that have brainwashed
the public otherwise and by doing so they promote future
accidents and gun crimes. If children have a good moral
foundation, whatever you choose that to be, and are
taught properly in gun handling, they will be safe and
trustworthy gun handlers.
The worst thing a
family choosing to own guns can do is to teach that the
guns are taboo for the children. Instead, teach them
they are a normal part of your life just like your
automobile. And just like that mechanical device, they
too need respect in their proper use.
Do not teach them to
fear guns, instead show them how to master the device
and become proficient in their use. If you patiently
teach, demonstrate, and instill safe gun handling for
your children and you will be amazed at their
capabilities. And use lots of repetitions in this
instruction. Children trained as such are truly
inoculated against careless gun handling born out of
untrained curiosity and I highly doubt they would ever
commit ANY kind of gun crime. Having trigger time
themselves, they are well aware of the potential dangers
of guns and safe handling that they require.
Some ignorant critics
will say training your child to shoot will encourage
them to be violent. This is more brainwashed and idiotic
logic in action. Having your child proficient and safe
in gun handling will no more make him or her a Columbine
shooter than having your 16 or 17 yr old licensed driver
want to run people down on the sidewalk with your even
more deadly automobile. It's about parenting not guns
and your efforts will instill goodness and
responsibility in your children.
Indeed YOUR CAREFUL
TRAINING is your best insurance policy against gun
accidents with your kids. Teach them often and teach
them well. Side benefits will be increased
self-confidence for the child and great family memories.
Guns and kids? You bet!
NOTE: My video "Teach
Your Kids to Shoot!" was used by MSNBC in relation to an
accidental death of an eight year old boy in MA shooting
a "Uzi" at a gun range. The kid allowed the gun to
recoil into his head while still pulling the trigger
(from initial reports). The piece generally portrayed
guns and kids as having no business together. MSNBC used
clips from this video but failed to show the instruction
of safety, my safety admonitions and philosophy, and the
overall responsibility of my video. MSNBC also seems to
advocate establishing laws forbidding children of young
ages EVER shooting a gun and saying that "father watched
as the child shot himself." That insinuates the father
just casually watched his child die. That is a horrible
assertion. It serves to trivialize the effect of PROPER
safe gun handling instruction and reinforces the foolish
misconceptions that guns are evil, dangerous to their
users, and uncontrollable in use. Bad job on all that
MSNBC! They did however note that that supervised family
shooting outings can be a wholesome tradition, showing a
clip from my video here. It was a tragic event in MA and
I extend my sincere condolences. However it is almost
certain that 8 yr old boy was never trained adequately
on how to shoot, especially a gun of that sort. Any
child can safety handle most guns if trained responsibly
and CORRECTLY under your supervision. Train your kids on
single shot .22s, then semi-auto .22s, all with safe gun
handling instilled, before ever allowing them to shoot
such a gun... even supervised. To do otherwise is just
irresponsible parenting. |
