Review of 20/20 Young Guns.

20/20 wanted to have a “conversation” about guns, not the right to own them but asking your neighbor if he has a gun, keeping them in a safe, an experiment with kids to see if they’re following Eddie Eagle’s advice, a few gun accident, some stories of armed self-defense, and a quick interview with the Armed Citizen Project.

Well, we are having a conversation on Facebook, here are some of the most popular comments.

Take the curiosity out of the equation. Teach the kids, let them touch it and hear it fire. Under supervision of course. That’s what my parents did for us and we NEVER tried to play with them. We also knew not to mess with dad’s stuff for fear of a spanking. I turned out just fine.

 

I’m a firearms instructor and mother of 5 kids. I teach my children gun safety everyday, but I wound never put my firearm in a bucket of toys and expect them not to play with it! The adult that placed it there is the irresponsible party! Lock them in a safe!

I live in Indiana, have 4 adult children, 2 boys and 2 girls that grew up around guns. I have carried a gun for years. I’ve found that supervised shooting cures the curiosity. Although you must always keep your firearms LOCKED in a safe when not on your person or at the range. Never leave a gun, even unloaded where a child is able to touch it. If every gun owner followed that common sense rule, many tragedies could be prevented. IMO

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