[Orangedog]

In a word...BULLS**T! I smell an agenda at work.

[Eagle Eye]

No doubt.

Millions of kids DON'T get hurt playing with guns every day. Somebody must have taught them something right.

IMO, letting a kid hear a gunshot without hearing protection, letting them see what a gun does and letting them handle them under supervision is the best way to cure curiosity.

[Dead Corpse]

Consider the source. The pervassive liberalism at the "Red"Star and Tribune is legendary. Their perceptions of Minnesota, and how life should be there, are one of the reasons I moved to Texas.

[ArrogantBustard]

from the nonprofit David and Lucile Packard Foundation,

Of course you smell an agenda. Check 'em out on the WWWeb. Where there's stink, there's rotting fish.

AB

[Johnny Gage]

I smell an agenda at work.

Of course, that's why they call it the RED Star Tribune

[wjcsux]

You are 100% correct. David Packard (of Hewlitt-Packard fame) is a big time anti-gun type. Any "study" conducted or funded by The Packard Foundation ought to be immediately suspected of being left bias.

[hattend]

Let's see:

Pro-abortion...check
zero population growth...check
population growth = declines in natural resources...check
putting "habitat" off limits to people...check

If it smells like a lefty it probably is a commie, pinko, watermelon lefty

"The Foundation provides national and international grants, and also has a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.

All you need to know

We do not accept proposals to benefit specific individuals or that serve religious purposes."

Except the religion of Gaia.