Why not make gun education a required course beginning in elementary? [View All]

[RagingInMiami]

We're never going to get rid of the guns in this country. And as a gun owner, I believe guns are only as dangerous as the people who possess them. But it's no secret that this country is overrun by ignorant idiots, many who own guns and have children.

So why not make it a point to teach gun safety in schools beginning in elementary school? Show kids "scare videos" like they used to do to us back in the day with marijuana, but this would be at least grounded in reality.

For example, never ever point a gun at anybody, whether it is a toy gun, pellet gun, unloaded gun, etc. You just don't do that. And stress the fact that guns do kill. And show actual footage of real gunshot victims. Dead victims and survivors who were left brain-damaged and crippled. And how the families deal with the aftermath.

Show footage of how the shooter ends up in prison where rapes and assaults are an everyday threat.

Children, whose minds are not fully developed, probably have a Hollywood romanticized view of guns and death. Real footage and real stories might scare some sense into them.