4 yr old killed by gun

[Gypsyrhydyr]

Originally Posted by Chorizo

There were loaded, and accessible guns in my parents house when both me and my brother were this age. We are both still alive because my dad started us early. I had a respect for, and knew how to properly handle a firearm before I could spell my own name.

Hurray for your parents! Oddly enough, neither my siblings or I or any of my kids (all grown, out of house w/ kids of their own) ever shot anybody. And my grandkids haven't either. Yet we had guns around too. And used them. It had something to do w/ outdated ideas of disipline, respect, and unacceptable behaviors actually having consequences. My parents (and my husband & I, kids in their turn) believing that being a parent was of more importance than being a kid's best friend/buddy.

[gbear48]

Well put.

Originally Posted by jdavid93225

Injuries that happen to children can happen for a variety of reasons, as we've already covered on this thread. It doesn't matter if they happen because they were injured with a tool, a conveyance of some sort, or a recreational item. The fact of the matter is that children are injured quite often because of the negligence of a child. All the talk about what guns were designed for simply illustrates the need to treat them with the utmost respect, and to know how to handle them if something goes wrong. This is why I strongly advocate gun safety training for children and adults alike.

Child safety is very important.
Much too important to be exploited as pawn to further the gun prohibition cause. A deservedly lost cause.
Hurt is hurt , dead is dead , regardless of the inanimate object involved.