Reply #89: How I envision Gun Control should be handled [View All]

[everythingsxen]

Taking away everyones guns is a fundamentally bad idea. If only the Government has guns, what stops the Government from doing whatever it wants? That is why the Founding Fathers thought guaranteeing people the right to bear arms was so important.

All that being said, here is my proposal:

Starting in 1st Grade, all the way to 12th, a new class is added. Every student is required to take this class. Call it survival or what have you, but the overall aim is martial in nature. It would begin in lower grades with basic hand to hand combat and survival training. Each year it would grow progressively more complex. I would say sometime around 5th or 6th grade, Firearm courses would start. Each year students would increase their familiarity with firearms, hand to hand combat and survival techniques. Sort of like the Boy/Girl Scouts only with a more martial theme.

This program would accomplish the following:

Weapons familiarity. I am not proposing to turn every child into a master sniper. I am simply talking about teaching children what a gun is, what sorts of forms it takes and how it works. Children die every year from gunshots caused by playing with guns and not really understanding that one end of the gun equals death. This would rectify that. I understand that more people need gun locks/cabinets etc. etc. however, this is the better way, because you never know when you may need to shoot a gun.

Hand to hand combat training. Martial arts, at it's core, is about discipline. This is something very important to instill in our children. It will also improve feelings of self-reliance and self-worth. It helps to take away natural fearfulness to situations since the person trained in martial arts will always know they have a weapon and if the teachings are done properly, they will be taught the wisdom to know when that weapon should be used.

Survival training. I think it's pretty obvious that in general, children should be taught basic survival techniques. You never know what is going to happen.

I would like to add in closing that this is part of my plan of how I intend to reform the school system if and when I am elected President. I plan on vastly increasing the budgets for schools and bringing the United States back to the forefront of world class education.