Reply #62: A child being educated will never disrupt a class. [View All]

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The human soul thrives on education. I have a fond memory of my father, who was a cop at the time, giving an impromptu lecture on guns to a group of Boy Scouts at camp. We were spellbound. I don't see this as a diversion from education either. All such activities have an accompanying literature, a history, a set of guidelines, standards and methods of measurement, and opportunities for research.

At the very least, children should have guidelines. There is nothing to be gained by the subject being ignored. I might add that some people who debate this subject know little about it and that does not further the debate.

In general, I don't like guns. But I like my gun.

On edit: I bet an ammo loading shop would be a great hit. Condition the brass, set the primer, cast the bullets, measure the powder, load the cartridge. Then, calculate the ballistics, take it to the test range and do the measurements. Summarize with statistics. Tip of the iceberg. I see this as educational. I don't think schools would do it -- politics, insurance, etc. It would lose because of the lead. A word about safety. It's part of every manual arts program and one of the reasons we teach those subjects. Every citizen should benefit from first hand knowledge of what safety in the workplace is, even if they plan to fly a desk. Ammo loading shop is not inherently more dangerous than machine shop or print shop or auto shop.

--IMM