There has to be a lot more care taken with respect to firearms than with a peice of jewleryYes, but no more so than a power saw or an automobile. We don't take away a persons drivers license because their car was stolen. This is about demonizing firearms, period.
It's not, IMO, about demonizing firearms. It's about having control of your firearms. If this guy had just put his weapon in a secure location (I'm sure that he's got a filing cabinet in his office for ex.) that kid wouldn't have had the chance.
How many time have you told a kid to not do something and then he does it anyway? How often do kids rumage thru stuff that doesn't belong to them? I'm not talking about your kids, (or mine for that matter) I'm talking about the kind of kids you find in a Social Services office. The kind of kids that have never had a descent whoopin' in their short lives. This guy knows what kind of kids he's got running around his office and should have done a better job in securing his firearms.
EBUCK
BTW. No one said that he was going to loose anything (permit ect.). He just stood up and took resp. for not being more carefull with his firearms. Do you leave your weapons out where your kids can get to them? Do you leave your pistols in your top dresser drawer where any kid over 4 will be able to get his/her hands on them? If so, you're asking for trouble.
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