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Originally Posted by Sly
A deterrent? Really? Do people seriously sit around and think "man I better lock up my gun... if I am a total idiot and leave my gun out and my four-year-old shoots somebody they might take away my weapons!"
LOL.
That doesn't sound like any more of a deterrent than the death penalty. If you're going to murder someone, you're going to murder someone. If you are going to be an idiot, you are going to be an idiot.
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ANyone who has young children should definitely be wary of all possibilities. At the age of 4 children have not yet developed a social conscience or anything of the like..that doesn't truly start until 6. Until that happens, they are creatures basically of pure emotion, without thought or even understanding of consequences. During that period of a child's life, it is SOLELY a parent's responsibility to keep them in a safe environment and to ensure that they can't get their hands on things that are potentially harmful. Parents are expected to lock up their cleaning supplies for fear of poisoning, how is it less reasonable to expect a parent to lock up a gun with a small child running around.