Guns In The Home With Children

Guns In The Home With Children

A continual topic of discussion among Americans, including our law makers, is the emotional
and easily misunderstood subject of guns and children. It goes beyond the primary right to bear
arms and the many questions that arise from that basic constitutional guarantee. Reality itself
already dictates the need to inform the gun owning public about the methods of excluding
children from access to guns. It is also necessary to help produce the implementation of those
methods. Guns and children are mingled together either virtually or physically and our children
are exposed to firearms today in almost all aspects of society. The desensitization that occurs
due to the unrealistic portrayals of firearms in the entertainment industry alone contributes to the
always tragic results of firearm related accidents. It is known that more teenage boys in America
die from gunfire than from automobiles.

Part of this debate is the question ...