Dude my wife has been wanting to get a gun. I’d talked about it in the past, almost in a hyperbolic way…always to be shot down by her fear of the guns.
But now that I’m thinking about it, I’m scared of having guns in the house.
My youngest is incredibly impulsive. My oldest has high anxiety. I don’t want them in my home, but I’m starting to think we may need one.
Anyway, she went to the range tonight with her brother. She hasn’t shot a gun since she was like 8 (.22 LR). She did alright.
But like you, I’d want to learn (and buy) from professionals. Particularly ones I’m politically aligned with. How the hell can you even tell?
I used to be the liberal gun salesman in a store full of right-wing crazies. I ended up being one of the top salesmen because word of mouth got around that I was there and didn’t spend the whole time being a dick and talking about how evil liberals and gay people were.
People in other countries don’t teach their kids to hunt or handle firearms at a young age?
Also, re-reading my comment from last night, I’m just now realizing the other ways this line could be interpreted…
My youngest is incredibly impulsive. My oldest has high anxiety. I don’t want them in my home, but I’m starting to think we may need one.
So allow me to clarify, so there’s no confusion…
I want both my kids in my home
I’m starting to think we may need one gun.
My concern is upon the kids discovering the gun. Obviously I would keep it locked and secured, and I think they should know that it’s in the house, what it is, never to touch it, what to do if they see it, MAYBE offer to let them touch it to satiate that natural curiosity in a supervised setting (after I triple-check that it’s unloaded, chamber empty, safety on, etc)…but my kids are incredibly clever.
Idk, my take is if a kid is in a house with a firearm, it’s better for them to know about, to know to respect it, and to know to never handle it without an adult.
Better a kid know, than to find out.
I imagine America isn’t the only country in the world with civilian-owned firearms?
Yeah this is the way. Knowledge and a healthy respect for the damage a gun can cause is a good thing to teach them. Don’t hide it. I’m pretty far left in my politics; but I do think its a good think we have the second amendment for exactly this reason.
Agreed. Honestly I think basic firearm safety and respect should be part of elementary school curriculum. Like second grade health class.
Bring in an actual firearm safety trainer. Use the SROs gun and have him audit supervise. Has to be the SROs gun though, because if there’s a black kid in the class, he might react instinctually when they pass around a disassembled gun.
Get a hell of a gun safe; something impossible for an adult to pickup.
Something with a digital pin for entry, you can access that practically as quickly as out of a drawer.
But… I think talking to your children is more important, what they’re afraid of is actaully less realistic that someone randomly kicking your door in at night; and for most of the country ICE is a non-issue.
It’s not ICE I’m worried about. It’s conservatives without consequences, which seems to be where we’re heading. They hate anyone whose not in their gang.
What’s that about? Trump literally just had his only playing card (Tariffs) ripped away by the supreme court and for some reason people are still afraid of unchecked power?..
He’s celebrated the Supreme Court ruling by issuing even more tariffs. Did you miss that part? Do you live in a world where Trump listens to the courts?
Has anybody ever called tariffs his only or even primary playing card? I know Trump’s a big fan of them, but they have nothing to do with his election interference, free speech suppression, weaponized justice department, or directly putting federal money in his own pocket. Tariffs are how he’s raising prices and destroying the US’s international relationships and standing, but he has plenty of other options for that.
Dude my wife has been wanting to get a gun. I’d talked about it in the past, almost in a hyperbolic way…always to be shot down by her fear of the guns.
But now that I’m thinking about it, I’m scared of having guns in the house.
My youngest is incredibly impulsive. My oldest has high anxiety. I don’t want them in my home, but I’m starting to think we may need one.
Anyway, she went to the range tonight with her brother. She hasn’t shot a gun since she was like 8 (.22 LR). She did alright.
But like you, I’d want to learn (and buy) from professionals. Particularly ones I’m politically aligned with. How the hell can you even tell?
I used to be the liberal gun salesman in a store full of right-wing crazies. I ended up being one of the top salesmen because word of mouth got around that I was there and didn’t spend the whole time being a dick and talking about how evil liberals and gay people were.
Americanest statement ever
People in other countries don’t teach their kids to hunt or handle firearms at a young age?
Also, re-reading my comment from last night, I’m just now realizing the other ways this line could be interpreted…
So allow me to clarify, so there’s no confusion…
No, why would they?
Idk, my take is if a kid is in a house with a firearm, it’s better for them to know about, to know to respect it, and to know to never handle it without an adult.
Better a kid know, than to find out.
I imagine America isn’t the only country in the world with civilian-owned firearms?
Yeah this is the way. Knowledge and a healthy respect for the damage a gun can cause is a good thing to teach them. Don’t hide it. I’m pretty far left in my politics; but I do think its a good think we have the second amendment for exactly this reason.
Agreed. Honestly I think basic firearm safety and respect should be part of elementary school curriculum. Like second grade health class.
Bring in an actual firearm safety trainer. Use the SROs gun and have him
auditsupervise. Has to be the SROs gun though, because if there’s a black kid in the class, he might react instinctually when they pass around a disassembled gun.This isn’t a concern in the rest of the modern world
Get a hell of a gun safe; something impossible for an adult to pickup.
Something with a digital pin for entry, you can access that practically as quickly as out of a drawer.
But… I think talking to your children is more important, what they’re afraid of is actaully less realistic that someone randomly kicking your door in at night; and for most of the country ICE is a non-issue.
It’s not ICE I’m worried about. It’s conservatives without consequences, which seems to be where we’re heading. They hate anyone whose not in their gang.
What’s that about? Trump literally just had his only playing card (Tariffs) ripped away by the supreme court and for some reason people are still afraid of unchecked power?..
He’s celebrated the Supreme Court ruling by issuing even more tariffs. Did you miss that part? Do you live in a world where Trump listens to the courts?
Has anybody ever called tariffs his only or even primary playing card? I know Trump’s a big fan of them, but they have nothing to do with his election interference, free speech suppression, weaponized justice department, or directly putting federal money in his own pocket. Tariffs are how he’s raising prices and destroying the US’s international relationships and standing, but he has plenty of other options for that.
He also literally raped dozens of children, at least, and still has power.
Until justice is served, consequences don’t exist.
Leave it to you guys to take circumstantial evidence and turn it into dozens of felonies.
A couple of police reports is “circumstantial evidence”.
We are talking thousands. His character and his response scream coverup.
You might see that if you looked up from the boot once in a while.