[TomB]

The teacher warned the kids not to play with the guns, and then left the room. The mindful girls left the guns alone even after the teacher left the room.

Of course the "experiment" is fatally flawed. You don't teach gun safety by telling a child once or twice "don't touch". That is stupid.

It takes consistent exposure to guns, first to see what they can do, in order to instill proper respect. If a child is raised in the proper atmosphere, they most certainly will not go near a gun. Although, it would have made an interesting experiment to, prior to leaving them with the gun, to actually FIRE a weapon near the kids.

[btcusn]

I can't speak for others, but in OUR HOUSE, our kids)ages 11and 9)have been well trained in gun safety, and enjoy shooting. Both know what happens when a gun is fired, and both know thazt a gun is ALWAYS loaded!!
I can leave a .45 laying on the living room table for 6 months and they will not touch it without my permission, if it's intheir way, they will ask me or my wife to move it.
Jack

[Pablo64]

Absolutely! You are right on the mark with your assesment. Both of my children have been exposed not only to firearms, but to firears safety since they were two or three years old. My children know that they are never to handle firearms without an adult present and in charge (not just somewhere in the vicinity). We have also trained them in what to do if they are playing with other children at someone else's home and they discover a gun. They know they are to tell the other children to leave it alone and then immediately go and find an adult.

As with anything, it is a matter of training. We have tested them with unloaded guns "left out by accident" to see what they would do, and they make me proud.

[Teacher317]

Of course the "experiment" is fatally flawed. You don't teach gun safety by telling a child once or twice "don't touch". That is stupid.

Don't be silly. It worked for the "just say no" campaign, the "sex can wait, I'm worth it" campaign, and the D.A.R.E. program. You only have to say it once to kids and they're programmed properly for life... aren't they?

/Lib-Think^tm>