You know, at every single well check for all three kids the doctor does a risk eval. Some questions are "has your child been exposed to someone who might have tuberculosis?", "have you been vaccinated for whooping cough and the flu?", "do you live in a home built before 1970* and if so has it been checked for lead paint?", "do have any guns in your home?"

These are things that doctors consider to be serious health hazards for children. I don't think you should keep guns in your home at all if you have children.

(March 1, 2015 at 6:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yes, but drivers are licensed and in every state must have insurance to protect others from their car-related fuck ups. I could live with mandatory insurance and licensing for gun nuts.

I have no problem with that.

(March 1, 2015 at 6:26 pm)IATIA Wrote: My gun is unlocked, loaded and chambered . I have no kids so I do not have to deal with the bullshit law. A gun for self protection is useless if I have to tell the potential assailant to wait while I remove the gun from the safe, unlock it and load it.

You're a tragedy waiting to happen. I wish you well.

Boru

If I had kids, I would think that I would be more concerned with the safety of the household. I grew up with guns and with enforced rules. We learned quickly that our parents never made idle threats. "If you kids make me stop this car, there will be hell to pay!" and we were disciplined on the side of the road a couple if times.

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(March 1, 2015 at 8:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You're a tragedy waiting to happen. I wish you well.

Words of wisdom from a lack of understanding responsibility and that some people are responsible. I have had a loaded gun in my possession for 40 years without incident or even a close call. It is all about responsibility and that has seemed to have been lost in this age. Now it is, "Who can I blame?".

(March 1, 2015 at 8:05 pm)IATIA Wrote: If I had kids, I would think that I would be more concerned with the safety of the household. I grew up with guns and with enforced rules. We learned quickly that our parents never made idle threats. "If you kids make me stop this car, there will be hell to pay!" and we were disciplined on the side of the road a couple if times.

Somehow I can't imagine "if you shoot your brother in the head one more time, you'll be disciplined!" has a high success rate of saving lives.

But I did not, that is the difference between responsible parties and idiots.

When they take ALL the guns from cops, crooks, rednecks and religious fanatics, they can have mine ... maybe.

I knew this was a thread that I should have avoided. Shoulda, coulda, woulda, didn't.

(March 1, 2015 at 3:00 pm)Jenny A Wrote:

(March 1, 2015 at 2:29 pm)IATIA Wrote: It is against Texas law to have an unlocked gun around children or the mentally challenged.

emphasis mine.

So it's illegal to have an unlocked gun in Texas?

Hmph.

(March 1, 2015 at 8:34 pm)IATIA Wrote: But I did not, that is the difference between responsible parties and idiots.

When they take ALL the guns from cops, crooks, rednecks and religious fanatics, they can have mine ... maybe.

I knew this was a thread that I should have avoided. Shoulda, coulda, woulda, didn't.

There's no such thing as a responsible 3 year old

(March 1, 2015 at 6:24 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (not to imply that firearms are needed - they aren't)

They sometimes are.

(March 1, 2015 at 8:37 pm)Losty Wrote: There's no such thing as a responsible 3 year old

Any three year old that can find, lift and pull the trigger on my .357 is one bad ass three year old and probably has his own gun.