"Boating All Out" wrote in message
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I recently heard about a proposal in some California location to add
a
"gun safety" course to the curriculum in a charter school system.
My knee jerk reaction was that it was a stupid idea but then I
thought
about it some more. It seems that school systems in general have
had
to take on the responsibility of educating youth in all types of
subjects that are not related directly to academics and that in past
generations were handled by parents. Since firearms and their use
are
so prevalent in our society, why shouldn't educating youth on their
dangers and safe handling not be included?


What does "firearms and their use are so prevalent in our
society" mean?
Hope you realize that the great majority of people in the
U.S. never shoot a gun, handle a gun, or hardly ever see
a gun except on the hip of a LEO.
This all sounds like an NRA wet dream to increase gun
sales. Akin to pot-smoking and coke-sniffing drug
dealers thinking it's a good idea to teach proper drug
consumption in school.
I mean, drug use is "so prevalent," right?
Same with sado-masochists. Because they hang with other
sado-masochists they think the world is chock full of
them and it's perfectly normal. Hell, let's put it in the
school curriculum for the kids.
Learn to know when your knee is truthful.


I took driver's education in Connecticut in 1964. One of the
classroom instruction periods was conducted by a trooper from the CT
State Police. He presented a movie (old fashioned projector back
then) with some of the most horrific and gory images of people
dismembered or having sustained horrible injuries or deaths due to
car
crashes, mostly due to speeding. I don't remember much of
anything
else specifically that was taught in classroom instruction of
driver's
ed but the images contained in that presentation remain fresh in my
mind 47 years later.

My conclusion was that as much as some would like, guns are not
going
to go away in our society. A little education never hurt anybody.


Same goes for safe "recreational" drug consumption and
safe sado-masochism.
Get some perspective.
You'll find that people who want to live their lives
without guns, "recreational" drugs, and sado-masochism
will just tell you that your idea of teaching what they
consider perversions to their children is plain wacko.
And that's the great majority of people.
Most of whom do drive a car more often than they put on
their pants, so they consider driver's ed valuable.
But the Amish will tell you to shove your driver's ed up
your ass too.

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I see. There is rarely a day that goes by without some news
regarding gun control issues or coverage of a gun related accident in
the media. That's what I am referring to in the statement "firearms
and their use are so prevalent in our society"

But it appears your solution is to stick your head in the sand and
pretend it doesn't exist. Apparently in your mind "It doesn't apply
or affect me, so there's no need to be involved in the solution".
Sounds like a typical response of the "Me" generation.

I don't think guns and their ownership by private citizens will ever
be, nor should it ever be prohibited. Like it or not, they are part
of your life, whether you choose to own one or not. So what's wrong
with some general education in the safe handling and dangers
associated with them so people are better informed overall? If the
only input young people receive is in Hollywood movies or some video
game I don't think they are getting a realistic or helpful image of
what firearm ownership is all about.