http://www.bradycampaign.org/toomanyvictims/2013/01/story-children-and-a-loaded-gun/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=story-children-and-a-loaded-gun A National Conversation on How We Can Prevent Gun Deaths and Injuries Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:10:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.bradycampaign.org/toomanyvictims/2013/01/story-children-and-a-loaded-gun/#comment-957 J.C. Blair Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:36:05 +0000 http://www.bradycampaign.org/toomanyvictims/?p=3682#comment-957 In our mid-west USA university’s Speech class, a student pulled a gun out of a paper bag, in 1966 or 1967, I think. He put a bullet in the gun. Without many words to his “speech” he slowly waved the gun over our heads as we sat in the chairs in the class. Then he went on with his “speech”. I don’t remember what it was about, nor much fuss about the incident, then. I’m horrified now. Guns were allowed, but locked in the House Mother’s locker until requested for hunting season purposes. But I saw others in the Men’s dorm with other pistols. What were we thinking? How many great lives have been snuffed in thoughtless moments, and unsupervised “play”, and immature “manly” rage?
Who needs it? Australia’s policy is better than the current USA’s proven, tragic, continuing experiences.

]]> http://www.bradycampaign.org/toomanyvictims/2013/01/story-children-and-a-loaded-gun/#comment-939 Bruce Hamilton Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:52:52 +0000 http://www.bradycampaign.org/toomanyvictims/?p=3682#comment-939 Equiping all guns to be sold to civilians with a sensor which allow only the owner of a firearm to fire it would eliminate almost all child to child to child gun deaths.

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