Reply #22: Because gun safety = gun training, right? [View All]

[Merchant Marine]

Teaching kids to be safe around firearm is an ultimate public good. They should be taught that guns are potentially dangerous tools and should be treated with as much respect as dad's power tools. Accidental Gunshot deaths have been falling, but there's no reason that there should be any. Guns can be kept and used safely, without harming anyone or anything except for paper targets. I see no reason why a high-school freshman should not be taught to clear and make safe the various types of actions.

Because hey, if you don't care to, Hollywood will be happy to fill their head with crap that could get them or one of their friends killed.