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I just want you guys to understand. I do not think guns the to be unreasonably regulated. I believe in the second amendment as much as I believe in the first. What I do not like is that weapons are advertised as toys to children. Yes I understand that some of you have children/young relatives that now the difference. but many kids do not have that opportunity so they still think of guns as toys. Up until my cousin shot a pig infront of her son he thought they where nothing but toys. Now that he understands that I am getting him and his brother rubber band rifles for christmas. I guess Im more against kids playing with guns that dont really know what they are capable of.

That sounds like an unfortunate lack of education.

It is, but because of gun policies and the political stratification of schools the only way for kids to learn about guns is from parents.
the only way you can do it on campus with an optout program like sex-ed.

 daedalus wrote:
That sounds like an unfortunate lack of education.

Pretty much. If parents don't educate their children then we have to legislate for stupid


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
It is, but because of gun policies and the political stratification of schools the only way for kids to learn about guns is from parents.
the only way you can do it on campus with an optout program like sex-ed.

Except that most schools are gun free zones with zero tolerance policies (like the OP shows)

I said it was because gun policies. Even if they did have a program It would have to be opt-out like sex ed because many parents would not like that.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I said it was because gun policies. Even if they did have a program It would have to be opt-out like sex ed because many parents would not like that.

Right.... and how can a school provide education on firearms when (a) they are not allowed on the campus, (b) the school has zero tolerance of them (even on private property as shown earlier).

Well in cali zero tolerance applies to students and teachers. Police officers are allowed to carry guns on campus

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Well in cali zero tolerance applies to students and teachers. Police officers are allowed to carry guns on campus

So our police officers should be the ones teaching our kids about guns and good fire control? Certainly the LA and NYC schools are doomed if this were to be the case

 Alfndrate wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Well in cali zero tolerance applies to students and teachers. Police officers are allowed to carry guns on campus

So our police officers should be the ones teaching our kids about guns and good fire control? Certainly the LA and NYC schools are doomed if this were to be the case

"Do as I say, not as I do class"