Education is the only way to truly protect your kids. If these folks, or the American Academy of Pediatrics, actually cared about safety instead of achieving a political goal, they would recommend that parents and their children take the NRA Home Firearms Safety Course (at the minimum). It's not a shooting course, it's directed solely at gun safety, it teaches students (kids and adults) how to determine if a firearm is loaded or not and how to safely unload it. For kids too young for this course, the NRA's Eddie Eagle presentation is excellent. The cartoon-like character is effective at teaching that short simple message.KaiserB wrote:Commander wrote:In today's "Neighbors" section of the Dallas Morning News appears an article written by a Pediatrician. He discusses the National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign. Some quotes from the article:
-The ASK campaign urges parents to ask their neighbors if they have a gun in their home.
-ASK provides a practical opportunity for parents to protect their children from gun violence.
Teaching the 4 basic rules of gun safety would be more practical. Rule #1 All guns are always loaded. We added to this rule for our youngest: "If you or your friends find a gun, run away, and tell an adult"
It's gotten to the point that every time someone starts off saying, "it's for the kids" I want to punch them in the nose.
Chas.
