Earlier this month in Cincinnati a father dropped off his son at school. Unbeknownst to him, the son returned home. The father, hearing a noise in the basement, thought an intruder had entered the house, opened fire, and shot his son in the neck, killing him.
All of these NRA types who say things like “Gun control means hitting what you aim at” or “Gun control means holding your pistol with both hands” may have a point. Since we aren’t about to get rid of guns, can we at least require gun owners to take a safety course on how to handle them?
For example, you don’t shoot before you know what your target is. You don’t keep a loaded gun under your pillow. You don’t have a loaded gun where a child can pick it up. This might seem like common sense, but given the number of accidental shootings, a large number of people need some education.
Every hunter in Pennsylvania is required to take a hunter safety course. Given the number of hunters in the Pennsylvania woods, there are actually very few hunting accidents. The course works. Surely a gun safety course would not be too much to ask of gun owners. A Cincinnati father might not be grieving today for killing his only son.
P.S.: I also don’t think grieving is enough. I’d put the stupid son of a bitch in jail.
Well said. I thought about that too when I heard about it in the news. ID before you shoot.
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