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Bearing Arms ponders this query
In Iowa, they’re considering putting gun safety in public school classrooms, something I’ve long advocated for, and am thrilled to see it as a possibility.
Yet not everyone is thrilled with this, apparently.
I walked into our Pella studio on a recent morning, and Dave, a friend and co-worker had a question for me before I even had a chance to put my computer bag down.
“What do you think about the gun legislation they’re considering at the Statehouse?” he said, or something close to that.
Like many of you probably are, I’m numbed by all of the mass shootings in America and angry that NRA-influenced Republicans haven’t allowed us to move forward on gun control measures that most Americans want. I know that Republican legislators in every state are working hard to increase Americans’ access to guns in more places, including schools. There have been 145 mass shootings just this year as of April 11. Gun deaths have recently exceeded violent car crashes as the leading cause of the death of American children from ages 1-18.
I don’t remember exactly what I said to Dave, but I probably mumbled that I don’t know much about it; why?
“Republicans want guns at schools, and they also want hunter training in schools. I don’t have guns in my home, and my kids don’t have guns in their homes, yet they want to expose my grandkids to gun culture when neither I, my wife or my kids, and their spouses want that. We don’t want anything to do with it,” he said.
I might say I cannot fathom why someone so very against guns believes not teaching gun safety is important? Not teaching kids who might not now about firearms is a good idea? However, I do have an idea as to why many so afraid of guns oppose teaching kids the dangers of irresponsible handling of guns. I believe it is simply at they hate guns and fear anything that might lessen someone else’s fear of a firearm.
The very idea that some kid might look at a gun as something other than evil incarnate deeply aggrieves the Cult of Gun Control. Their fanaticism outweighs the obvious good of educating a kid. In short, they their hatred of an object outweighs sharing information that may prevent a kid from being a statistic.
