[Oberon]

You train your children on how to handle guns safely, and you enforce absolute discipline in the matter. That’s how.

[Islander7]

Aspirin:

Accidental poisonings usually affect children. From 1972-1976, there were 1-2 million cases of accidental poisonings per year in the United States. Since 1976, the number of accidental poisonings has dropped to about 500,000 cases per year. This decrease is attributed to the Poison Prevention Packaging Act and to poison prevention publicity.

The most common sources of accidental poisoning were plants, various types of cleaners (soaps, detergents, and household cleaners), vitamins and minerals, and aspirin. Aspirin is no longer the most common cause of accidental poisoning. This is probably because of child-resistant packaging.

Inappropriate dosing in children and elderly people: Hundreds of medications available both over-the-counter and by prescription contain aspirin or aspirin-like substances. Unintentional aspirin poisoning can result if these medications are taken in combination, in inappropriate doses, or over a long time period. This is especially likely to occur in older people with chronic health problems.

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Which is the larger problem; aspirin of guns?

[Sirius Lee]

1,500 children drown in the U.S. every year because of our damned swimming pool and bathtub culture.

[paint_your_wagon]

Google ‘holodomor’. Then click images. Look at all of the children that lived in gun free homes.

There’s your alternative.

[DH]

How do we keep children educated and secure in a culture of guns?

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Since this is such a liberal stupid article the answer to the “educated” part would be to teach children that all guns are dangerous and will actually come to life and shoot at you. They must be removed from the face of the earth...with the only exception being the storm troops of local police, Obama’s civilian army, and all federal agencies including day care.

The “safe” part would be to actually teach them NOT TO TOUCH, a phrase unheard in today’s society. We simply put things out of reach of little Johnny so he can’t get to them rather than discipline him for breaking rules...including safety rules.

Put the guns out of reach of both mommy, daddy and little johnny or better yet turn them into the government and they will be safe. Later in life they will be “educated” in public indoctrination centers that all guns are bad and must be removed from the general public.

[mabarker1]

Keep them away from leftycommiescum, public scrools and TV.

Home School them and have them go to an Eddie Eagle Program at a young age and after that, Train them properly in the Safe use of Firearms both Defensive and Offensive.

Do not let them go near leftycommiescum or the offspring of such.

[SunTzuWu]

Same way we have for the past 500 years or so...

[Sooth2222]

An average of two children a week, more than 100 a year, are killed in unintentional shootings by their peers, according to a study by two gun-safety groups, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action.

THAT'S certainly a couple of objective sources the writer cited! I realize that newspapers are ALL teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, but this stuff takes maybe a minute or two to check via the internet.

Statistically, a random swimming pool is MUCH more dangerous than a random firearm:

CDC: From 2005-2009, there were an average of 3,533 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. An additional 347 people died each year from drowning in boating-related incidents.

Why no movement to outlaw swimming pools, and boats?

[Sooth2222]

...or let's ban Tylenol:

Overdoses from acetaminophen send 55,000 to 80,000 people to the emergency room in the U.S. each year and kill at least 500, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

[PATRIOT1876]

Can we list the many THOUSANDS of children who where NOT killed by thugs because they know that people have guns in their homes and will not hesitate to shoot a criminal that breaks in their home and is about to harm or kill their child?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Not a new problem.