[Leica] RE: The sincerest form of flattery

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:58 PM, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>  There is a considerable difference between the overt action of an adult 
> or teenager and the inadvertent action of a 2 year old child.
>
>  No responseable gun owner leaves a firearm/ammunition, or a knife for 
> that mater, where it is accessible by a child.
>
>  Apples and oranges.

Alas if this were so. Just in this region a very young school-age
child watched his father lock up his handgun, figured out where he
stored the key, then carefully unlocked the safe and took the (loaded)
weapon to school.

Kids are smart -- even the very young can be deceptive -- and they
have no real knowledge about what they're dealing with.

Heck - most adults don't either. They live in a world of TV violence
where a gunshot at close range to the chest counts as a flesh wound.

I shouldn't reply - this is totally fodder for the other list..

ab