12-09-2013, 04:18 PM
D2K,
I am not sure what you think you mean by "a paddling" (although my husband might want to know what you meant) but I said nothing to, or about, you and did not mention anything about the Simpsons. I don't know why you think it is always all about you.
This was just one example that randomly popped up on google news today, and not a particularly "sensationalized" one if you read the article. I also know someone personally who saw her 15 year old boyfriend get killed in virtually the same way, a toddler was shot and killed last week by her older brother, a ten year old was shot in the face by a buddy who was showing off his dad's guns a few weeks ago, these are all proof that kids routinely get their hands on guns and accidentally kill each other. You might want to write those events off as sensationalized, but that is wishful thinking, these are real events that happened to real people who did nothing wrong except ending up in a room with a gun that belonged to a careless owner.
If your weapons and ammo are secured properly you will need more time to get to them than you would have in a home invasion. Guns that aren't secured properly, with the ammo locked up in a different place, can easily end up involved in these tragedies. There has been a lot of "lock and load" bragging here on Punaweb about people's personal firepower at times, I am just pointing out the ongoing downside to letting just anyone with a debit card own a gun, without requiring gun safety classes and permits. Those kinds of requirements are the "well regulated" part of the 2nd amendment.
Carol
I am not sure what you think you mean by "a paddling" (although my husband might want to know what you meant) but I said nothing to, or about, you and did not mention anything about the Simpsons. I don't know why you think it is always all about you.
This was just one example that randomly popped up on google news today, and not a particularly "sensationalized" one if you read the article. I also know someone personally who saw her 15 year old boyfriend get killed in virtually the same way, a toddler was shot and killed last week by her older brother, a ten year old was shot in the face by a buddy who was showing off his dad's guns a few weeks ago, these are all proof that kids routinely get their hands on guns and accidentally kill each other. You might want to write those events off as sensationalized, but that is wishful thinking, these are real events that happened to real people who did nothing wrong except ending up in a room with a gun that belonged to a careless owner.
If your weapons and ammo are secured properly you will need more time to get to them than you would have in a home invasion. Guns that aren't secured properly, with the ammo locked up in a different place, can easily end up involved in these tragedies. There has been a lot of "lock and load" bragging here on Punaweb about people's personal firepower at times, I am just pointing out the ongoing downside to letting just anyone with a debit card own a gun, without requiring gun safety classes and permits. Those kinds of requirements are the "well regulated" part of the 2nd amendment.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb