Re: Another Great Harvard Medical School Gun Study

Rabid Weasel wrote:

Not if they're accustomed to them as every-day devices. Guns are
"glorified" and mystified in our society. Demystify them and the kids
won't find the fascinating and attractive.

Stoves are pretty demystified and plenty of kids still get hurt with them. Guns have the strong disadvantage of being fatal. I won't get into a legislation debate, but if you have guns in your own house there ought to be some gun control of your own accord - lock them up away from the kids.

Neil
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