Comments on: Better alternative: stick fingers in ears, scream lalalalala

By: Phelps

Phelps — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:38:06 +0000

Well, looks like one more mama’s boy being setup for a miserable life.

By: Sailorcurt

Sailorcurt — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:42:36 +0000

But I do advocate education. Now, the kid doesn�t want to shoot (at least, that�s what mom tells us - I don�t know of many young boys that don�t want to watch stuff go boom!)

Kids are very susceptible to suggestion…especially from the parents whom they trust completely and believe know everything and are without flaw.

I’m sure Mom has brainwashed the poor child into numbed terror any time he even thinks about guns.

By: Housewife

Housewife — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:24:56 +0000

Thanks for the linkie.

That post was pretty intense… guns aside it’s pretty easy to see why she’s a single mom.

How does one screech via blog? That was so… screechy..

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:17:21 +0000

My mother never let me play with guns either, but I think she was in a better reality space. I was taught at a young age that they are dangerous, and I was never to play with one if I encountered one at a friend’s house, but my mother had no issues with use of firearms for sporting purposes, she just didn’t want one in the house, and my father has no interest in firearms outside of his interest in history, so that was never an issue.

She had little issue with my handling a gun for target shooting once I was old enough, and if she had lived long enough for when I first purchased my own (which was before I moved out), I think I could have convinced her to let me have it in the house.

By: Greg Morris

Greg Morris — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:52:54 +0000

I agree… Regardless of whether or not you like guns… regardless of whether or not you are afraid of guns… everyone should know the basics of gun safety. Not just “stay away from guns”, because that doesn’t always work. At the very least you need to have a working knowledge of the 4 rules, and a general understanding of how to safely unload and disable the most common types of weapons. In fact, I think it would be great to offer a basic training course to this effect. (Something like “Gun Safety for Non Gun Owners”.) It might even alleviate some of the unfounded fears people have about guns.

By: ParatrooperJJ

ParatrooperJJ — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:32:52 +0000

That is a Kos kids website. What do you expect..?

By: Ron W

Ron W — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:09:22 +0000

Isn’t this aberrant pyschological phenomenon called hoplophobia? Actually it is probably almost pervasive enough to be considered “normal” and good by many.

By: Ahab - moms and guns

Ahab - moms and guns — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:06:04 +0000

[...]I’m not going to address the flawed logic behind the “no guns” thing; despite the fact that I disagree with the mother’s position on guns, it’s her prerogative to raise her child as she pleases. I actually wanted to focus on part of this story that was sort of missed, and it’s also the part I find the most disturbing.[...]