Gotta keep up with that organized book learning though. Will make it happen.

In the extremely unlikely even that someone breaks into his house, guns blazing

I remember saying to someone that it feels like I'm reading about a new toddler shooting every week. I thought I was exaggerating slightly. :|

Or an adult with a gun to “disarm” the 3 yr old

Obviously there should have been more guns lying around where kids can get them. Then maybe this girl would have been able to defend herself.

Yep... Why is that hysterical ? I think it’s fucking common sense and sadly a must in today’s world. Specially if you live in wisconsin... My neighbor up the street regularly comes up with several dead deer on the back of his pickup... They have a few little kids. I’m guessing he pratices in safety but Am I really not…

My wife and I ask about whether our son’s playdates’ parents own guns, and if they do, he just doesn’t go to their place, regardless of what sort of measures they theoretically have to “secure” their firearms.

Indeed. Survival skills are severely lacking for oh, years and years.

It’s a public health issue. If there was something else that carried a warning about kids’ lives being in danger (i.e. rat poison, dishwasher detergent, medications), I’m sure your dad wouldn’t think twice about you telling him you don’t want to come over until that stuff is locked up somewhere. The same goes for his…

I’ve had success with laying things out clearly and refusing to discuss/debate. “You absolutely have the right to choose to own guns, and that’s not a decision that I am part of. However, I have to make the best choices I can for my child. For me, this includes not visiting homes where there are firearms. You are…

Right. Grandma prayed, grandpa left a loaded gun lying around - I voted for a pro-gun-control Congressman. I’ve never met this family, I don’t even live in the same state, but I did 100x more to try to save their child than they did.

But then how am I supposed to get out my gun in enough time to kill an intruder?

This is going to sound cold, but I’m going to say it anyway: praying was never going to do anything meaningful for that child with that kind of injury. You know what would have saved this child? Having that firearm properly locked away when it wasn’t being used. We hear so often that a responsible gunowner could have…

There is no number of dead children that will change anything. Sandy Hook proved that.

God fucking damnit.

Everyone thinks they are the good guy with a gun...assholes

If you leave a firearm where a kid can easily get it, you are the bad guy with the gun.

Fun fact:

SO MANY RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS EXERCISING THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BE NEGLIGENT WITH THEIR WEAPONS AND KILL CHILDREN. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

The grandfather had left the loaded gun on the nightstand not knowing his grandchildren were coming over that day, he said.