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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Is there a gun in your home?
How do you weigh the protection of a gun versus the possibility of your children or their friends getting a hold of the gun?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you keep a gun in your home for protection? Do you worry about your kids or their friends getting it and playing with it? Where do you keep it? Do you keep it loaded? What are you doing to prevent the kids from finding it or being able to get to it?
Whether you have a gun or not, what are you teaching your kids about gun safety? Do you ask when you send your kids on play dates if that family keeps a gun in their house? How do you bring that up?
My heart is breaking for the family from northern Cherokee County whose 3-year-old son found the family’s gun and shot and killed his 5-year-old sister. I can’t imagine the sorrow the mother is feeling and the guilt that baby boy will live with. (Here’s the full story.)
How do you weigh the protection of a gun versus the possibility of a deadly accident?
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