teach the children well
shout out to kathleen marcin's contribution on the downtown lowell blog here. she asks why we can't educate our children about guns in the same way we educate them about drugs. i can't tell her why not. heck, we send 'em to driver training, and cars are far more lethal to teenagers than guns are.
yes, i think kathleen has offered a good idea. i'd love to see something like this here in lowell. greg danas, of instructional shooting, inc. on andover street, is one of the best firearms educators in the state. it would be interesting to me to hear his thoughts on how we might go about such a thing, too.
i'm sure many parents, like those opposed to sex education despite all statistics showing that sex-educated youth get pregnant (not to mention venereal disease) less often than abstinence counterparts, will be uncomfortable with exposing their children to firearms this way. i don't know what to tell them other than feel free to opt theirs out, and teach them as they can at home. or not. mine, i'd feel safer to know are getting good information from a qualified source.
yes, i think kathleen has offered a good idea. i'd love to see something like this here in lowell. greg danas, of instructional shooting, inc. on andover street, is one of the best firearms educators in the state. it would be interesting to me to hear his thoughts on how we might go about such a thing, too.
i'm sure many parents, like those opposed to sex education despite all statistics showing that sex-educated youth get pregnant (not to mention venereal disease) less often than abstinence counterparts, will be uncomfortable with exposing their children to firearms this way. i don't know what to tell them other than feel free to opt theirs out, and teach them as they can at home. or not. mine, i'd feel safer to know are getting good information from a qualified source.
posted by kad barma at 4:02 PM
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I like the idea of gun safety taught in schools.
As for those statistics that show sex ed lowers teen pregnancy and VD, do we have a source, or is this common knowledge?
Regards — Cliff
It galls me that this is not considered common knowledge owing to the plethora of studies on the subject, but here are a few links for those interested:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080319151225.htm
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_sexEd2006.html (this one is worth following the bibliography, too).
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/yrbs/trends.htm
More on the U of WA study from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032401515.html
http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X%2807%2900426-0/abstract
Ask me if you'd like more links.
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