How would you feel if your son found your gun and decided to shoot kids

I'd feel pretty bad, but it's not going to happen. I talk with my sons every day. I know what's going on with them.

 

I grew up in north Alabama in the 1970s and 1980s. Every boy I knew in high school had access to a hunting rifle and/or shotgun (and often dad's pistols as well, like I did). Guns were simply not used to settle disputes. I actually think a lot of this is copycat behavior, and I think the best way to stop it, as a society, is for news to treat it as a very minor story, with NO mention of anything about the killers. This should be voluntary by the news associations, until the epidemic stops.

 

The vast majority of guns are never used to kill people, but too many are, and while I agree with you that censoring sensationalized news accounts of armed berserkers going on killing sprees might well be helpful, anyone whose desire is to emulate such an individual - who is typically portrayed as a pathetic, deranged loser - has serious problems to begin with, problems of sufficient gravity to take reasonable steps to prevent their easily accessing weapons. As long as there is a permissive attitude regarding homicidal maniacs and criminals acquiring firearms, such tragedies will persist regardless of censorship.

 

Your response to ArmySoldier’s perfectly legitimate response, “I'd feel the same way as if my son illegally purchased a fire arm and shot kids,” which happened in one of the school shootings, just removed the choice of “I would weep for everyone.” Maybe that could be his choice if the kid had found his gun or used an illegal purchase from an older kid.

In my case my guns are locked, and have been the whole time I have had kids, but I specifically locked them in a container that could be broken into with enough effort, and it is a good thing; I forgot the combination. Most gunlocks required by a few States can be overcome with tools in most homes; locks are to keep honest people honest. It would have been easier for my kid to have bought a gun from another kid than to get mine.

Why would a guy who said, “I'd feel the same way as if my son illegally purchased a fire arm and shot kids,” choose “I would feel guilty for not securing my weapon,” which does not apply, or “I would sell my guns to a pawn shop,” maybe he has no guns around the house?

One of those is what you want him to say to make your day. And why would anyone with a brain, who blames guns, sell their guns to a pawn shop in such a situation? They just wind up back on the streets for some irresponsible person to sell to the kids.

The common denominator in most school shootings is not the parent’s unsecured guns, it is the bad brain of the kid, which may be the result of mental illness (badly controlled), bad instructors (not necessarily in the school), or bad environment (not necessarily in the home).

"Criminally Insane: Turned Loose Too Soon?" U.S. News & World Report

Now they do not even put them anyplace to turn them loose from, great job "liberals."

 

This would be impossible. First, I don't have any children. Second, my firearms education began when I was 4 years old, and if I had a kid, so would theirs.
You left out the choice:
"Kill myself, because it would be evident that I had a made a total waste of my time and opportunities in this world".

 

Never had any guns in my house so I couldn't tell you. Never needed them.

 

Nope, just raise the driving age to 18. Kids tend to be a little more responsible at that age, tho' there are no guarantees.

 

Link to the above fiction?

I've never heard of any of the major gunmakers doing this and being threatened with boycott. Please stop lying or making things up.

There was a minor company that did this recently. The gunshops that considered selling them were threatened with a boycott--why? well, if those guns were ever sold, all handguns without it would have been banned in New Jersey.

 

In Italy you cannot drive before of being 18 ... this means that Italy is well more responsible of US where the government endorses criminal behaviors [!!].

This was political satire.

 

“New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said in an exclusive interview Friday with msnbc that she will introduce a bill to reverse a 2002 New Jersey “smart gun” law if the National Rifle Association will agree not to stand in the way of smart gun technology.

The New Jersey law mandates that once guns that are personalized to the user – commonly known as “smart guns” – go on the market anywhere in the country, New Jersey gun sellers have to stop selling traditional guns within three years and shift exclusively to smart guns.

The New Jersey law has been used to oppose the sale of smart guns. In two separate instances – including one this week – gun sellers have vowed to sell the Armatix iP1 digital smart gun, only to reverse course amid death threats and other pressure from those citing the New Jersey law.” http://www.msnbc.com/all/democrat-we-will-reverse-smart-gun-law

 

Ever heard of "Drill" music?

Look up Fredo Santana and that will explain why the youth try to emulate this violence.

 

What about those of us who no longer have our fingerprints? (I fell into a deep fryer in my youth and scorched both hands leaving no valid fingerprints.)

 

I keep mine in their military crates, we have 4 crates of Mosin's and a crate of Civilian AK's (bought the crate separate and began filling) A padlock and these bad boys are nearly impossible to get into and their easily opened by the key holder.

Guns are like gold, they will always be worth something even when money isn't.

 

Unless it's an MG42 or an AA-12, but lets be honest only 3 Civilians in America own an MG42 and VERY VERY VERY few own a military style AA-12.

Gun's are bad, forks are good!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1492299/posts

 

Yes they will. Old friend once said to me "When the (fecal matter strikes the rotary air impeller) you gotta have bullets and beans, but if you can only grab one take the bullets. It's cold but if you got bullets you can always get beans.

 

Probably about as furious if he stole my car and ran over a bunch of people before purposefully driving it off a cliff to his death.

 

I would like to know how cpicturetaker got to vote three times on this poll.

 

All the Dems are doing it these days.

 

Of course! How silly of me not to think of the lowest form of vote stealing . . . voting more than once.

 

You voted three times on this poll. However, I understand that this is how democrats vote these days.

Care to explain or not?

 

Well, it's set up so you can vote for more than one choice--it's a multiple choice poll.

 

Why, I'd sit him down and give him a good talking to!!!

No, wait...the lack of a strong hand was likely instrumental in causing Junior to be so screwed up in the first place!

Adrian Peterson will be proven right in using a strong hand to make sure HIS son doesn't become a Big Mike or a Trayvon!

Much less a school shooter!

Hey Liberals, you can't have it both ways!

Spare the rod and you spoil the child.

Yet when the rod is used you whine and moan about child abuse.

Well, those are the kids who are more likely to be hoodlums, gangsters and school shooters.