[August]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/socie...sisters-3-days

...would not have happened if the victims would have been armed too. Self protection and all that...

Well, I think we all here agree on one thing, no matter on what 'side' one is: Guns and kids don't match

That is too simplistic. I earned my Boy Scout Rifle Shooting merit badge at age 11 and I managed not to shoot anyone. Neither have millions of other Scouts before and since.

The real cause of those tragedies is unsupervised children left around unsupervised weapons that have not been made safe. A failure of the parents.

Failure to clear a firearm of ammo after leaving the range or the woods.
Failure to employ a device like a trigger lock or a chamber blocker.
Failure to secure the firearm where kids can't get at it .

With freedom comes responsibility and the adults who shirked their responsibility should be punished, more.