I'll bet ya every single parent of every single child killed by a gun accident in the home will claim that they "did right". Until the day their kid was killed.
ahh but see, I addressed that.. I don't think the parents saying that are the ones I'm holding up as examples.. the ones saying that are the ones who thought they 'did right' by locking the gun away because they thought they had done right by not telling the child about it in the 1st place..
back in the old west, did we have accident shootings? where kids accidentally brought a gun to school and it went off? Or did we have a friends doing a show and tell of what he found in dad's dresser accidentally shooting his brother? I know we can't know this, but I would venture a guess that 'no, we didn't' and why? because everyone was raised around them, they were comfortable with them, knew of their killing capability and most of all.. they weren't taboo novelties in kids eyes..
And my opinion is about as radical as I can get. Which is why I'm open to compromise in the form of massive regulation: No automatics, no clips, no military weapons, extensive screening.
I can meet you part way.. instead of "NO" just "licensed" 1st.. again, you're going to limit my ability to get these, not gangster Bill and crazy Bob..
Hell. Just the situation with our guns (legally bought and owned guns) ending up in the hands of the Mexican drug lords (whose drugs end up where? Right back here...) is sickening.
of course it is sickening, but to use the Mexicans.. aren't they beheading people at alarming rates also? should we ban our machete's because they might somehow get in the hands of Mexican drug lords?
I admit there are many problems.. but I can't see as how we've reach the right solution yet..
