Hi Bob, as you were just saying about Re: Guns and Kids....
BR>  TR> Guns and children mix into a very lethal situation. Teenage boys are 
now
BR>  TR> more likely to die of gunshot wounds than from all natural causes 
BR>  TR> combined.
BR>  TR> Homicides by kids with guns has tripled since 1983, so, where do we 
go 
BR>  TR> from here?
BR> 
BR>    I dunno.  Odd part is that the rate is higher, but the relationships 
of 
BR> fathers and sons with guns has all but disappeared.  When I grew
BR> up, having  guns was just a part of life - 
Bingo!!
BR> ....and it was great fun to
BR> take a rifle and a  couple of hundred rounds of ammunition and head
BR> for the dump to shoot rats.   I'm sure that it didn't materially
BR> diminish the rat population, but it was  enjoyable, it was good for
BR> hand-eye coordination, and it taught us (if  corectly adninistered)
BR> that guns weren't toys, they required certain care and 
BR> understanding.  
Yep.
BR> This rate is coincident with the rise of an entire
BR> generation  with no military training, and in which guns are feared
BR> and loathed and kept  out of the house at all costs.  What's wrong
BR> with this picture?
Exactly the things that you mentioned.
RD 
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