if you find one, this is not something for you to play with, and a toy. kids automatically look up to firemen and policeman and hear that when they re younger, that s how they want to be when they grow up or astronauts. they ll be gradrawn to that per. if you have someone in law enforcement, especially those that may be retired law enforcement, i know they would be more than happy to come in and talk to kids. if they re leading the discussion, i would be all in favor of it because it takes the politics out of it for maybe a teacher s perspective, pro or against guns, i don t care. but for law enforcement to do this, i think it would be a brilliant way to talk to kids because when my curiosity was taken away, i never went looking for my dad s guns because i had seen them and understood how dangerous they in fact were. so that s one idea. a great idea to have a neutral voice, law enforcement in schools. if you want to go that route, donna, what about the parents. in florida, for exampl
parents and how was the gun stored? this is an op-ed we found in the orlando sentinel, there should be tougher punishment for parents. prosecutors shouldn t be afraid to send a tough message to parents, parents deserve to face criminal charges if that firearm gets into the hands of a child. cracking down on careless adults who don t follow a few simple steps to keep fire arms out of the hands of kids is one thing i expect. i get nervous because unfortunately there are truly accidents that happen. but when it comes to educating the kids, i grew up in a family where my father was in law enforcement. still has a badge today. and what he did was is curiosity can be a great thing, also a terrible thing. and he made sure from a very young age that we understood what a gun was, how it worked, how dangerous it was, what it was used for, and i think in school that if you had, for example, a sheriff come in, a police officer come in, and talk to kids about guns, and so that
after a gunman massacred children in connecticut, the nation is seeing first gun reform proposal with an actual chance of becoming law. why? because it is coming from these two men. you have senator pat toomey, a republican from pennsylvania, and senator joe manchin of west virginia, a democrat. their bipartisan plan will expand background checks to include buyers at gun shows and online. this is common sense. this is gun sense. we re not infringing on the rights of an individual citizen. but basically if you re going to go to a gun show, you would be subjected to the same as if you went to the gun store. these senators are also pointing out this law, potential law, would enhance gun rights. senator toomey gave this one example. current law forbids active duty military personnel from buying a gun in their own state. that s terrible policy, frankly. they re only permitted to buy a gun in the state in which they re stationed.