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Are any of our kids at this school that had the shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 568619" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Why? I really am curious. I am NOT in favor of the assault rifles except under the very strict situations I laid out before and if those were set out, I seriously doubt that we would see many falling into the wrong hands because they would have to be going to only collectors who had very strict guidelines in place. Now of course, all things are possible because there are criminals involved but to think that just outlawing guns is going to stop this type of crime is like thinking you are going to stop drunk driving by removing cars. It isnt the cars that are the problems, it is the people who drive the cars while drunk. It isnt the guns that are killing people, it is the people who are shooting them. A gun in and of itself cannot kill anyone. It is an inanimate object. </p><p></p><p>I have 4 of them leaning against a shelf in my pantry in my kitchen. They arent loaded but the ammo is on the shelf right above them. For most of my kids lives, the guns sat in a corner of my bedroom and half the time they were loaded. They were taught from the time they could walk and talk to respect guns. None of mine would have ever been a school shooter. They are hunters. They have hunted since age 6. The only reason we keep the ammo separate now is because we dont have the grand kids full time to teach them. We did have Keyana trained from as early as 15 months to look at the gun and say "papa gun...no touch...bad go boom"</p><p></p><p>Oh and as far as why did I need guns loaded in my bedroom? I stayed home alone for as long as a week or two....sometimes a month at a time, often without a phone at home. Even if I had a phone where we live is fairly rural and it would take a cop at least 20 to 30 minutes to get to me if they could find me. By that time anything could happen. I didnt have the option of waiting on the police. Also we have wild animals such as bobcats, snakes and coyotes that come in our yard. I dont want to meet anything of the two legged or 4 legged variety entering my home. I had to protect my small kids at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 568619, member: 1514"] Why? I really am curious. I am NOT in favor of the assault rifles except under the very strict situations I laid out before and if those were set out, I seriously doubt that we would see many falling into the wrong hands because they would have to be going to only collectors who had very strict guidelines in place. Now of course, all things are possible because there are criminals involved but to think that just outlawing guns is going to stop this type of crime is like thinking you are going to stop drunk driving by removing cars. It isnt the cars that are the problems, it is the people who drive the cars while drunk. It isnt the guns that are killing people, it is the people who are shooting them. A gun in and of itself cannot kill anyone. It is an inanimate object. I have 4 of them leaning against a shelf in my pantry in my kitchen. They arent loaded but the ammo is on the shelf right above them. For most of my kids lives, the guns sat in a corner of my bedroom and half the time they were loaded. They were taught from the time they could walk and talk to respect guns. None of mine would have ever been a school shooter. They are hunters. They have hunted since age 6. The only reason we keep the ammo separate now is because we dont have the grand kids full time to teach them. We did have Keyana trained from as early as 15 months to look at the gun and say "papa gun...no touch...bad go boom" Oh and as far as why did I need guns loaded in my bedroom? I stayed home alone for as long as a week or two....sometimes a month at a time, often without a phone at home. Even if I had a phone where we live is fairly rural and it would take a cop at least 20 to 30 minutes to get to me if they could find me. By that time anything could happen. I didnt have the option of waiting on the police. Also we have wild animals such as bobcats, snakes and coyotes that come in our yard. I dont want to meet anything of the two legged or 4 legged variety entering my home. I had to protect my small kids at the time. [/QUOTE]
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