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| essenceofjme Buy Me a Cameo  f***ing, Morocco | #1  Feb 23, 2012 @ 07:41:08News of the Shooting More News of the Shooting We've heard of school shootings happening in colleges and high schools, but third grade? They say the firearm discharge accidentally. | |||||||
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| Coleosis Don't care  Mustang, Oklahoma | #2 Feb 23, 2012 @ 08:42:19Seriously... WTF is wrong with some of these gun owners these days? Guns have been in America as long as its been the United States... And just recently the problem has become so severe... Keep tabs on your kids and keep tabs on your guns... I dont have kids, so I cant comment on it being easy to keep tabs on them... But its not hard to keep your guns away from them. | ||||||
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| smallBUTTerflies one-man think-tank  Plymouth, | #3 Feb 23, 2012 @ 08:46:23I know about three friends who's parents keep guns on a rack instead of locked away. It's unnerving as there are so many things that can go wrong. | ||||||
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| hoppy Banned  , | #4 Feb 23, 2012 @ 12:12:41 @Coleosis Said  Seriously... WTF is wrong with some of these gun owners these days? Guns have been in America as long as its been the United States... And just recently the problem has become so severe... Keep tabs on your kids and keep tabs on your guns... I dont have kids, so I cant comment on it being easy to keep tabs on them... But its not hard to keep your guns away from them. Safe gun handling used to be taught in many schools. Some schools even had rifle teams and competed. Then somewhere along the line, "civilisation" closed down shooting ranges and built on land that was once hunting and fishing grounds. No one taught kids anymore. That was considered "politically incorrect". So now you have adults who don't know how to handle guns raising kids who are not being taught how to handle guns. | ||||||
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| Coleosis Don't care Mustang, Oklahoma | #5 Feb 23, 2012 @ 12:52:24I remember the shooting team in military school... Thats where I got most of my ribbons and all of my medals for my dress blues  | ||||||
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Cinnamon USA, | #6 Feb 23, 2012 @ 14:34:19 @hoppy Said Safe gun handling used to be taught in many schools. Some schools even had rifle teams and competed. Then somewhere along the line, "civilisation" closed down shooting ranges and built on land that was once hunting and fishing grounds. No one taught kids anymore. That was considered "politically incorrect". So now you have adults who don't know how to handle guns raising kids who are not being taught how to handle guns. Our 'safe gun handling' was basically not to touch dad's guns, which were/are stored in an unlocked closet. We were told not to touch them and none of us ever did. Simple as that. As we got older, we were taught to shoot, those of us who wanted to. I've always had a great respect for guns and try to keep my skills sharp. Also, I love the smell of a smoking gun. True that! | ||||||
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| Cinnamon USA, | #7 Feb 23, 2012 @ 14:35:33 @Coleosis Said I remember the shooting team in military school... Thats where I got most of my ribbons and all of my medals for my dress blues Dress blues? Air Force? | ||||||
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| essenceofjme Buy Me a Cameo f***ing, Morocco | #8 Feb 23, 2012 @ 14:38:14I can't believe that parents would even own a gun if their children were able to access it. It's unnerving that a child so young would be so uneducated by his or her parents of the dangers of guns. | ||||||
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| Cinnamon USA, | #9 Feb 23, 2012 @ 14:52:44 @essenceofjme Said I can't believe that parents would even own a gun if their children were able to access it. It's unnerving that a child so young would be so uneducated by his or her parents of the dangers of guns. That IS disturbing but children are able to access all kinds of dangerous things. It's up to the parents to educate them on what they can and cannot touch. Looking back, it seemed so simple. Dad and mom said no - so no it was, don't touch dad's guns. There was never an issue or incident, just respect. I guess those days are gone and they weren't so long ago. sigh | ||||||
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| chisa96 Supreme Goddess  Out in Nature, Wisconsin | #10 Feb 23, 2012 @ 15:02:51Or there's just no reason to hear of all the parents that teach this effectively and whose kids don't accidentally shoot someone.  | ||||||
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| hoppy Banned , | #11 Feb 23, 2012 @ 15:03:51There used to be a lot more farm kids. Most all farm kids knew there way around a gun. Now, we have mostly city kids. Too many are dumber'n a box of post holes and can't point to the USA on an unmarked map of the world.  | ||||||
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| chisa96 Supreme Goddess Out in Nature, Wisconsin | #12 Feb 23, 2012 @ 15:11:09 @hoppy Said There used to be a lot more farm kids. Most all farm kids knew there way around a gun. Now, we have mostly city kids. Too many are dumber'n a box of post holes and can't point to the USA on an unmarked map of the world. Actually, I think it's supposed to be us country kids that can't point to america on an unmarked map of the world. The city kids don't know what to do with jumper cables. | ||||||
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| essenceofjme Buy Me a Cameo f***ing, Morocco | #13 Feb 23, 2012 @ 15:31:52 @hoppy Said There used to be a lot more farm kids. Most all farm kids knew there way around a gun. Now, we have mostly city kids. Too many are dumber'n a box of post holes and can't point to the USA on an unmarked map of the world. Funny you should say that. My friends and I always used to wonder why some people didn't know the simplest things or rather, pratical things, stuff that involve hard labor or getting your hands dirty, nowadays its all about hiring someone to get it done for you.  . From parking your car to washing you laundry, pretty soon they'll be wiping our asses for us, oh wait, they invented that already..ugh. | ||||||
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| Coleosis Don't care Mustang, Oklahoma | #14 Feb 24, 2012 @ 07:15:55 | ||||||
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| Coleosis Don't care Mustang, Oklahoma | #15 Feb 24, 2012 @ 07:18:24 @essenceofjme Said pretty soon they'll be wiping our asses for us, oh wait, they invented that already..ugh. You mean the three seashells?  | ||||||
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