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Bang / Guns Title: The question I asked before any play date It was the most awkward and divisive of questions that I would ask of other parents, usually new acquaintances, but also of old friends. We’d be on the phone, discussing our young children, laughing, and the subject of play dates would come up. The other mom might say, “Can Chloe come over here tomorrow to play with Maddie?” I would ask, “Do you keep guns in your house?” Always it would lead to the most illuminating of answers, whether yes or no. If the response was negative, the parent would answer immediately, following up with something like, “No, never. We don’t believe in having firearms.” In the other cases, there would always be a pause preceded a simple, “”Yes.” I would follow up, “Do you have a gun safe?” Usually, then came the “No.” I’m not quite sure what compelled me to ask about guns when my children were small. I just added it to the litany of things I would tell parents – we have a dog, we have a pool that’s fenced, we don’t keep guns. It seemed that if a parent told me about their child’s food allergy, I could and should ask if they kept guns. Experts say that 1 in 3 families with children have at least one gun in the house, but somehow, I never thought those statistics would include the parents at my child’s progressive pre-school. Though it is known that nearly 1,500 children will die from shootings each year, no one knows how many of those are children dying in their homes, or in the homes of friends, playing with a firearm. No records are kept on that by any government bureau; the numbers are just mixed in with gang killings, suicides, and school shootings. (Excerpt) Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest “Do you keep guns in your house?” My answer: If I did they'd be in my bedroom -- which is off-limits to your children. Surely you raise them to respect other people's privacy? Then I don't see a problem.
#2. To: All (#0) If my child has a play date at their house, it is OK for me to ask ... 1) Are your knives locked away? 2) Are all of your dangerous cleaning chemicals locked away? 3) Do you have any pornography in the house -- DVD's, pictures, sex toys? Do you have a porn safe? 4) Are all of your drugs -- legal and illegal -- locked away? 5) Any 5-gallon buckets lying around? They kill more children 5 and under than guns.
#3. To: misterwhite (#2) 5) Any 5-gallon buckets lying around? They kill more children 5 and under than guns. So a soccer mom would feel much better if her child was killed by a bucket than by a gun? I know you think this sounds convincing but it is just preaching to the faithful. It doesn't change the opinions of the fencesitters or antigun crowd.
#4. To: misterwhite (#1) Surely you raise them to respect other people's privacy? You are asking this of a bubblehead that brags about sending her children to the indoctrination camps known as "progressive pre-schools"? Seriously? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them. #5. To: misterwhite (#0) Am I the only one noticing that it has never occurred to this idiot to discipline her children,and to teach them to not play with guns? The same with her idiot "progressive" (really "regressive") friends. If you teach your children to obey you and punish them with consequences that are real to them starting when they are toddlers,by the time they are old enough to run around loose and visit friends,not playing with guns,knives,or anything that belongs to other people without permission never even occurs to them. But not these "progressives"! Their mindset is everybody else is at fault for anything that goes wrong,and they and their darling offspring at blameless victims. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them. #6. To: TooConservative (#3) "So a soccer mom would feel much better if her child was killed by a bucket than by a gun?" Well, she could tell herself a bucket was a senseless tragedy that couldn't be foreseen. Guns have a mind of their own.
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