Parenting 101

[C-pher]

My daughter is 2 I can tell her all I want not to touch my guns, that they are dangerous, just like I tell her standing on the couch is dangerous. But some times she still stands on the couch...And I am not sure most kids under say 6 really understand the difference in "dangerousness" of things. So needless to say I am not willing to let my word alone be the only thing between her and my guns, so I keep them where she can't reasonably get them unsupervised...

I just think it is silly to expell a 5 year just for bringing a gun to school, with no real ill intent...

Just my 2 cents

I agree with you for the most part. I do keep my guns in a safe. And I do think that 2 year olds know more than we give them credit for. Mine will tell you things all the time that are dangerous.

Funny, and I don't know where she got it from. But when we bought the minivan, she asked what color. I told her black. She tells us, "NO black. Black is dangerous." I had to laugh.

But if you work with them, and keep telling them things, they pretty much get it. Don't get me wrong. I'm not going to leave them alone with a gun out in the open. But I think that if you work with them, they get it. And yes, they still do things that they're not supposed to do, but there are things that they get aren't good for them.

 

[Nickle]

Yea, I still have mine as well. It's in my safe with my Remington 1100 my grandfather gave me when I was 11.

Smart move. I used a Rem pump and Winchester 275 (lever version of the 190/290) when growing up. I liked the Winchester a lot better. I had it rough, having to decide just WHICH gun I wanted to use. I had my choice of any used gun we had in the shop to take out. Decisions, decisions.

 

[PaulR]

Springfield man threatens school bus monitor with a gun:

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/parent_forces_way_onto_springi.html#incart_river_home

Credit: Masslive

SPRINGFIELD – A parent who allegedly forced his way onto a city school bus and pulled a gun on the bus monitor is being held without bail until a dangerousness hearing next week.
Francisco Irenes, 29, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Springfield District Court to assault with a dangerous weapon, breach of peace while armed and malicious damage.
Carrying a firearm, Irenes boarded a bus full of children at Belmont Avenue and Oakland Street Wednesday afternoon and threatened to kill the bus monitor, according to the arrest report.
The confrontation took place after two of Irenes' three children had been kicked off the bus for causing a disturbance; his third child, still on the bus, called her father, who arrived minutes later and demanded custody of the girl.
Pulling the door open with his hands, Irenes ran onto the bus and threatened to "beat up, kill and cut (the victim's) head off" before pulling a firearm from his waistband and waiving it at the monitor, the report said.
"The children began to scream," the report added.
Irenes left the bus with his daughter. He was arrested several hours later, based on descriptions provided by the monitor and the bus driver.
In a statement to police, he acknowledged arguing with the driving and monitor, claiming they were "holding his daughter hostage" by not opening the door and letting her out. When he asked where his other two children had gone, the monitor laughed and replied "ask the cops; they know where they are," Irenes said.
In court Irenes, described as six feet tall and 200 pounds, was dressed in the same Yankees jacket that he wore during the alleged assault.
At the request of Assistant District Attorney Cary Szafranski, Judge William Boyle ordered him held without bail for a dangerousness hearing Tuesday.
The judge also revoked Irenes' bail on a pending larceny charge, ordering him held at the Hampden County House of Correction for the next 90 days.
Defense lawyer Peter Lane did not oppose the prosecutor's request, but said one witness said Irenes did not display a gun during the confrontation.
Lane also filed a motion to preserve the videotape from the bus surveillance system.

 

[Radtekk]

Springfield man threatens school bus monitor with a gun:

Wow! Props for necro-revival!