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Ricky Bobby · #**130** 03-13-2016, 05:47 PM

Just a few observations on watching half the "Guns and America" episode of CBS Sunday Morning today - I didn't get to watch the first half as I slept in a bit but apparently they were interviewing the NRA in one of the beginning segments

-Segment on Australia - WOW. They have no clue how much our murder rates have gone down as gun ownership has gone up, they just get sound bytes from news when we have a headline shooting like Sandy Hook, etc. If they as citizens are comfortable with the gun laws in their country, good for them. But mandating that a citizen has to lock up their ammo and guns in separate safes, as well as the countless restrictions on ownership, not much to add.

-Segment on "Kids shooting kids" - Centered around a guy in his 40s who shot and killed his sister when he was 8-10 years old. Verbatim this is how he explained it: "I found the gun, and pointed it out near the door/window, and it just accidentally went off, and my sister was walking in front of the door at that time and she was hit" - Didn't catch where he was from but obvious his parents never taught ownership and responsibility with a firearm at a young age. I don't care if he was a kid at the time, don't go on national television and say a gun accidentally went off. Admit you were an idiot and didn't respect the rule of handling a firearm which is don't put your finger inside the trigger guard unless you are ready to pull it, and always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Sorry that his sister was killed, but it was his fault, and not the fact he had a gun in the home.

-Segment on the Old West and family in Wyoming - best segment I saw, family shooting with their kids and loved ones, ALL of them understand safe firearms handling and don't treat it like a toy. Little 5 year old girl learning safe handling, and how to shoot properly, guarantee there are no "accidental shootings" around there because the kids there are all taught SAFETY at a young age, the "mystique and curiosity" of guns is non-existent because they are not hidden away and the children know they are not toys.

-Segment on the reporter and her BF who were gunned down last year on live TV - parents are pulling a Gabby Giffords, going around campaigning with the likes of Bloomberg I'm sure. The report admitted that the person who gunned them down, passed a NICS check and purchased his weapon legally. Yet they literally said verbatim the Obama taglines "Yes it may not have saved our daughter, but if we could only save one life, by passing universal background checks and closing the gun show loophole" - I still dont know what that means, at every gun show I've been to, I can't just walk in with cash and leave with a gun on the same day with no NICS check. Even more so if the show is out of state, it obviously has to be sent to a FFL who runs a NICS check.

Besides the segment on how firearms are a part of everyday life in the frontier and plains states, pretty poor reporting but I did not expect much from CBS - and in all fairness it may have been better reporting in the first half of the segment although I doubt very much they portrayed the NRA in a good light.

I do get a serious kick out of people who think just our whole gun debate is between rural vs. urban areas and states. People in NJ, CA, NYC, etc should be teaching their children all aspects of gun safety and taking away the curiosity about guns from a very young age, problem is in our metro areas there are too many people who know nothing about firearm responsibility and/or never had guns in their homes growing up, you can't expect the younger generation to respect what a firearm can do if you never respected it yourself.

There was a great "What Would You Do?" episode a few months back in San Antonio at a gun store, they had an actor playing a disturbed customer and another pair of actors portraying a father buying his 10 year old son an AR-style rifle, looking for reactions from patrons in the store. Basically all of them responded to John Quinones that "if the father teaches his son properly to be safe and responsible and to respect the firearm, no reason he shouldn't buy him anything in the store" - A dad even had his 2 year old daughter on his arms in the store and the mother was very proud to show the host of the show that when she asked her 2 year old "What do we say about Daddys guns honey?" the daughter promptly replied "I am not allowed to touch them" -

It all starts at a young age, especially when it comes to kids and guns. 'll admit that my parents never owned firearms, although my dad always paid his membership to the NRA and supported it. Plenty of times I went hunting with friends and target shooting and since I was young, always learned that guns aren't toys, and only you are responsible for pulling the trigger.

The old adage goes, "Leave the shotgun out on the front porch all week on the chair, it can't kill anyone by just sitting there"

Just a few pennies for my thoughts from today -

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