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In response to "this is so unfair. my friends all have guns, locked in cabinets and closets. how is that even remotely un-okay?" by amanda

because I would probably want to make damn well sure that they were responsibly secured when my kid is around.

Posted by merry xmas and happy znu year (aka znufrii) Dec 26 '12, 11:21

I'm certainly not going to just assume that they are.

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do you ask about knives in the house? "do y'all have lawn darts?" "where do you keep your antifreeze?" -- nm - amanda Dec 26, 11:27 4
- I'd like to think my kid would already be familiar with needing to avoid those -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 11:38 3
  - so why is it not your job to teach your kid to avoid guns? if my kid came to your house and touched the oven and got burned, is that my fault - amanda Dec 26, 11:48 2
    - Guns have much easier, much more serious potential consequences than almost anything else. - mafic Dec 26, 12:00
    - I don't think anyone's saying kids shouldn't be taught. But we're also saying we don't want our kids in the situation where they might confront it - Reagen Dec 26, 11:58
this would so not fly in central PA. you meet, get to know your kids' friends' parents. you get a sense of whether they're trustworrhty. - amanda Dec 26, 11:26 1
- a couple fair points to make - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 11:37
dont send them to pippys house!!!! :) -- nm - Capstern Dec 26, 11:22 1
- heh. I'd tell parents of new kids about them. I'd want to know. - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 11:24

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