There are a lot of great things about this country but we willingly and carelessly dropped the ball in so many crucial areas. I don’t want to bring back the forced sterilization and lobotomy horrors of yesteryear but we need to do something real and substantial about mental health in this country because in properly…

This is the most insane thing I have heard people on the Internet argue for in a really long time. How the fuck does your right to not want to be judged for owning a gun Trump anyone’s right to not be in a space with a gun?? The level of mental disconnect is mind-boggling.

If I wasn’t comfortable asking a person if they had guns in their house I sure as shit wouldn’t leave my kid with them.

WHO ARE ALL OF YOU TERRIFYING PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIE ABOUT HAVING GUNS IN THEIR HOUSE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN PLAYING THERE??? This is seriously the most fucking insane thing I have ever heard. What is WRONG with you??? Why is your love for guns more important than allowing those who dislike guns…

You are a weird fucking person if you lie to someone about keeping guns in your house.

Im pretty sure youre trolling.

If you’re the sort of person that leaves weapons designed to kill unsecured... yeah, I think that would be grounds to pass judgment as to your character.

I personally would rather be weird than my child be dead. I also don’t let my kid ride in a back seat that only has a lap seat belt. I really don’t care what I look like as long as my kid is as safe as I can deem him to be.

It’s not a ‘stranger’, it’s parents of your child’s friend. It’s not asking a ‘stranger’ on the street, it’s asking someone who is going to be entrusted with the actual life of your child.

And that reply reinforces that perhaps they aren’t the most friendly/empathetic type. Not someone I need a kid ‘learning’ from.

Uh this is specious reasoning. The risk of my children getting killed by a gun on a play date is independent of other risks, such as whether they might get hit by a car, or by choking, or by an earthquake. A responsible person tries to limit all risks with reasonable precautions. A blanket ban on letting my children…

My kid, my rules. I ask if there are guns, and if so, we invite their kid to play somewhere else (like at our house, etc.). In some circumstances, if I’m confident that the guns are locked separately from ammunition in a safe, and the keys stored somewhere there is no chance of kids getting their hands on them, then…

Yep.

I don't think many Muslim parents understand the existential weight their children in the West carry around. They think that you should be good Muslims, despite the fact that we no longer inhabit a Muslim-majority locale. It was easy for them to be "good Muslims" when every corner had a mosque and everyone in your…

“I can’t be like you, telling a lie. I can’t love someone without telling them,”