Kids and Guns 

Another case of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun. The press hardly ever mentions this. That the way to stop school shootings is to harden the schools. Teachers with guns, and tighter security measures make schools an unattractive target for cowardly terrorists etc. They go where there is likely to be unaware and unarmed victims such as a church or a mall or even a school. It is time to protect our most valuable resource better. Come on America, stop using children for politics.

Man, the timing on that huh?

you know its propaganda when youtube shows a news section promoting it

I am a young man and have met many people young and old who were not ready to handle the responsibility but I have also met many who were. It all starts with a good teacher and small steps.

Its still pertinent.

I believe there’s a lot of ignorant and lazy people. Too stubborn to change their ways. If they find something they deem an “easy solution” they’ll take it. That’s why there are so many young killers nowadays. They don’t teach, and they go too light on consequences. I believe GBI went and arrested lots of kids because they started posting threats/jokes to their own school after the georgia high school incident. See what they find funny? Says something about the parents as well but where kids are mentally.

When I was a kid they taught gun safety in health class.😊

My son, who is not against guns, but is not really a gun guy, asked me if I would give his 11 and 14 year old sons some instruction on the safe and effective use of firearms. I live in the country and I taught them in the back yard, safe gun handling practice, and how to accurately shoot a BB gun, pellet rifle, .22 rifle, a shot gun and an assortment of handguns, and they took it seriously, yet really enjoyed the experience. Someday soon we will be off to the local rifle range where I will teach them to shoot my Remington 700 SPS bolt .308, which we really can't appreciate in the limited back yard space. I don't expect the boys will become big gun shooters, but now they know the realities of safe gun ownership and markmanship.

I would love to see more freely-available to families. I was a child of the 70s and 80s. Back then, it was fairly common for police departments to host events for kids at gun races. A lot of my friends were also in the scouts where they taught marksmanship. And of course many were in ROTC in school. Today, I think these types of things are less available to people. I don’t know if the scouts still do it, but it seems like very few kids participate in that anymore. But the options for parents that want to teach their kids about guns, gun, safety, and basic marksmanship seem rare and expensive these days. But I do believe it’s like sex education. You can ignore it and not participate in it. But eventually, they’re going to learn from someone. And that someone should not be television, and ideally not their friends. But as you mention the American tradition with guns, I think that gun culture has also shifted from something that was a family tradition, focused around hunting and marksmanship to everything being highly tactical. I was a child, we learned on air rifles, then maybe 22s. Then our grandfathers 45 from the war. A lot of parents were hunters and had bold action rifles. And we never heard of these types of incidents that were seeing today. now everything is about emulating Call of Duty. When I was a kid I had no interest in building an AR 15, participating in events that simulated, shooting people, etc. I just wanted to shoot empty beer bottles with my .22. I just don’t understand what happened in literally just a couple of decades.

@@DwayneAltonJeff Cooper and his tactical obsessions had much to do with modern trends in gun ownership, more focused on shooting people than shooting targets. Tactical people are low IQ, bulls eye shooters, high IQ.

Thats’s that the world we live in. There’s always going to be that issue anywhere.

​@@rookie4582says the guy living in the only country where this is a regular occurrence

@@mungy27 Happens around the world. Difference is, we have complete freedom of the press and Media loves focus on the worst.

@@rookie4582 it doesn't tho lol tell me what the country with the 2nd most school sh**tings is and how many

@@mungy27 Dunno, about the second, but the first appears to be 'murica. Just saw another one in the last 24 hours, and I swear the kid doesn't appear to have any idea about what he just did or why he did it. If the parents could care for an office plant I'd be impressed. This shit doesn't just happen, it's created.

"the dangers of guns" was a poor choice of words, the requirement for safe practices. Might be a more fitting choice.

​Danger is there with many things why deny it.​@@TonyYork-KB9RAO

@@TonyYork-KB9RAO No, lets not cater to the "politically correct" yuppyism. Even a low power pellet gun can give a life changing injury if it takes an eye out. Gun safety isn't about using politically correct terminology. It's about... well actual gun safety. Don't point the gun at anything unless you are OK with making a messy and permanent hole in it. The sooner kids understand that guns can be dangerous the better.

^5! I too first started handling/using firearms at the age of four! (I was a VERY determined daughter!). Folks love trying to give me grief over this simple tradition, but I refuse to back down/give an inch. We're Americans. Our 2A Right is literally part of our culture/blood/soul! (Or, SHOULD be)

I started at 5 years old, my dad was SUPER strict on how to hold them and control them safely. Even after that lesson he said it was best to apply those same things to nerf guns, so that im constantly practicing my safety. Now at 22 after moving back to NC after a long while in anti gun massachusetts, ive bought myself my first AR and 10mm handgun. And those same lessons he taught me ring true. Havent had an issue the 5 times ive gone to the range. Thanks dad for being so strict with me. The muscle memory hasnt changed a bit.

*BINGO!* Papa too was a Vet ('Nam). He was one of the most easy-going, but fiercely intense Man when things became 'Real/Serious.' Handling weaponry was the one time I was actually scared of him (For what I'd seen him do, and his extreme focus. No one who ever met that gaze/expression doubted he was someone who could do exactly what he said.). From CQC (Hand-to-hand, knives, tomahawks (Yes, THOSE)), and then firearms, he raised all four of his children to be self sufficient and that included self defense. He was an absolute terror if we EVER treated his training lightly, or misused it in any way. We quickly learned none of it was a 'Game.' "Thank you, Papa! Your love, determination and hard work, has served me/my brothers very, very well!" :-)

​@@AniwayasSongMy grandfather is a Vietnam Veteran...he is scared of guns, but lately I have been helping him over his fear. He is a blue no matter who guy if you know what I mean, and he wants most things banned...so we don't get along that well.

@@fortheloveofnoise I too am a Veteran, USMC, with two Tours under my Cover. I know/have known Vets who served (In Combat or in a wartime theater of operations, if not on the front lines themselves), who HATE firearms. They've seen the gore and mayhem that can happen. I don't hate or disrespect anyone who chooses to NOT 'Keep and bear arms.' It is (And should be) a personal choice, and I far prefer those who do not want to, don't, rather than be forced to. I trust someone willing and able to have and use firearms over someone who is not, in other words. I have had the honor of meeting and introducing so many people to firearms. (I've lost count, but near a hundred by now?). It is so amazing going from 'Practical Application' (ie, Classroom setting) to the firing line, and then seeing their reaction once they begin going down the path towards that vital Right ("Keeping and BEARING arms.") I know this is not a uniquely 'American' concept. There are more societies/cultures throughout the world, and history, that had/has a 'Warrior Caste' ideal, and for damned good reason. The world is not, and likely never will be, 'Safe.' That is just a simple fact. It is also a fact that many 'Bad guys' prey on other people, and they prefer to do so against those weaker/less protected when they do it (Cowardice, it is a trait amongst evil). I know of no other tool invented by Mankind, that is more effective at self preservation, than a firearm.

I knew how to take a mag out and check a chamber by the time I was 10. I didn't trust my little sister with that. I just want people to be okay. I'm worried about movies that are casual about violence or games where people can get revived if they are shot. It's not like that in real life. We need to treat weapons with respect. Fearing them isn't great, but getting your youth used to the presence of shooting and offering shooting to them is healthy I think. That way, they don't have to be uncomfortable and pushed into shooting if they don't want to.

You can do both!

How old is a kid before you teach them not to play with wall outlets? You don't turn off the electric until they are 12 it's a taught life skill starting from (almost) birth.

@@andystampfli9127I started teaching mine when they were able to pick one up and understand what I was telling them.

Massad Ayoob wrote the book!

Hurry up

I generally agree with this. We can look at other countries with strict gun laws and see many mass stabbings and poisonings and such. If you took away every gun in America right now, but left this parenting and mental-health travesty the same, ain’t much gonna change.

Again as he said this video is not about mass shootings specifically. Just kids and introducing them safely into firearms.

​​@@wmpx34 Switzerland is 2nd for gun ownership in Europe & they're way safer than the UK & Australia. Whereas the UK bans knives because teens are stabbing one another. (Knife Control)

You’re right, video games foster the use of guns to vent anger.

@@rancelynch6514 That's not what he said, and blaming video games is just an excuse for poor parenting. It's better to show your kids how to use firearms properly than it is to leave that up to EAgames. The entire planet has got so dumb in the last fifty years.

*ABSOLUTELY correct,* and a VERY keen observation! Children are infinitely curious, and they're designed that way for good reason!

There was a study done with two sets of siblings. They were one kid at 4 or 5 and the other a couple years older. One set grew up with guns and the other had parents who were against guns. They put all of the kids in a room with toys and hid a pistol in a box. All of the parents were watching as one of the kids who didn't live with guns found it. He took it out of the box and started playing with it. The little boy from the other family alerted his older sister and she took the gun from the kid and put it in the box while her little brother went to tell an adult. The smiles on their parents faces, while the other parents were horrified told the whole story. They did this study with a couple of other sets of kids and it played out almost the same way. One was where a kid who lived with guns found it (was the older sibling), closed the box, and sent their sibling to tell an adult, meanwhile the other kids were trying to get at the box and she had to keep pushing them away from it.

As a teacher, a shooter, and a parent I can offer an answer to your question. Cell phones, tablets, and the internet has played a bigger role in this generation than their parents do. From their earliest memory they’ve had a tablet or cell phone slowly smoothing their brains while their parents ignore them because they seemed occupied and out of sight. Parents (the vast majority) have not actively participated in parenting over the past 15 years and now here we are dealing with an entire generation of teenagers who were literally raised by cell phones. It’s a bigger problem in the classroom than anyone who isn’t a teacher would know. You would be shocked if you walked into the average high school classroom on any given day. 60 eyes glued to little screens which earphones on not even noticing that there’s a lesson going on without an audience. When someone asks what do you do for a living without telling me your job I tell them I sit in a room and talk about science while 30 teenagers ignore me while they scroll social media on their phones. It’s sad.

I totally agree with you but I'd like to add my two cents worth here on the total problem as I see it from a retired 40+ year veteran police officers view..in order of priorities.. #1. Child's upbringing by parents,,most both work now or are in a single parent home and discipline and rules,,respect for anything are lacking massively nowadays..When I was a kid at school and had a beef with someone,,we either did nothing or we duked it out by hand.. No one ever mentioned anyone being shot..Unheard of period,,,60s and 70s.. #2..Bullying!! Seems most of these young shooters were bullied and found a way to get even with their terrible loner world,,to take out people and get their name highlighted in the news with their generally, suicidal final event. #3..INTERNET!!! Having access to everything immediately,,via cell phones and all other types of electronically means,,,to see the event,,copycat and acquire information on the,,,How to do list,,,and to seek the tools needed for the evil event. And the internet,,especially the social webs,,,allow the children to communicate with others and thus continue to lose the,,,face to face communication skills needed to properly develope their brains to actual people and not a screen view of generally just words. No people skills or very little.. I've witness this continue to get evermore worse as the internet continues to be accessible to these youngsters.. I attribute,,in my educated personal observations in my career and my observations of the news investigations,, most of these violent actions,,,,attacks on fellow students and teachers to the above three listed faults in our current society which continues to escalate.. Of course there are others factors,,natural mental illnesses and drugs but I believe the top three listed are the main contributors to this ongoing evil event.. You know if we,,the USA can spend billions,,trillons on needs here in the USA and the same to foreign countries,,just why can't all our schools be fortified to prevent entry of any gun toting person??? It all boils down to money and the willingness to invest in our schools being properly protected and fortified..can be done,,I would suggest with a huge chunk of this foreign aid funds..Afterall ,what's more important,,foreigners or our own children and teachers,,I vote the later... I do not blame any firearms..They've been around since the later part of the 1800s and never used, to my knowledge, in these evil school shootings until about the arrival time of the INTERNET... I'm 68 yoa and that's my opinion. Hope Hickok 45 reads this too!!!

Churches are a Problem they have gotten away from teaching the GOSPEL AND BECOME A POLTICAL HACK AND GREEDY EVANGELICALS .😮

Ditto! I wish my grandkids could grow up in the same USA I did. Sad

Pretty much the same for me. In school 90% of the guys carried a prized pocket knife and most also had a can of Copenhagen. There was NEVER any type of violence in any schools , other than the occasional knuckle lesson. The public schools and even most colleges turned into indoctrination centers by the deep state globalists. Sad but true.

This is how I grew up in rural/suburban Michigan in the 90s. I can't believe how quickly things got turned around. Our biggest issue is a nationwide mental health crisis, not a gun crisis. If we didn't have guns, it would be like the UK with knives. People with evil intent will anyways find a way. But why do people have evil intent so often now?

@@mattd.4133 Same here. In school, most guys carried a prized pocket knife and a can of Copenhagen. Other than an occasional knuckle sandwich between guys usually over a girl, there was NEVER any type of violence we see now. The schools and most colleges have turned into nothing but indoctrination centers by the deep state globalists. Sad but true.

​@RT-qd8yl You are absolutely right brother.

Amen to that! He reminds me of my dad

True common sense. That's an important distinction.

@@robbyparks6395 how is it supreme when we have school sh**tings so routinely?

That’s going to be the most difficult problem, I’m in my 20’s an most people my age ether fully understand it, or you can’t even bring it up. It really is two different worlds. I really don’t know how to remedy that. Besides trying to teach the next generation coming up

Religion is necessary for many to keep their moral compasses from going off the rails. There are others who inherently just have enough emotional stability and maturity to avoid trouble.

We need hunter safety training with a test afterwards like they did after school in my elementary school cafeteria. If we wanted to hunt or skeet shoot, our parents had us take it.

Very rare to hear of a school shooter who is being raised by both their biological parents in a functioning home.

I was to till REPUBLICANS GIVE GOD A GUN.SEPERATION OF GOD AND GUNS.😊

What happened that you refer to as “unintended”?

@@Omlet221 Was first time out of the box with a new rifle at the range. Lever gun, checking it out at the request of my landlord, who'd just bought it. Loaded it up, fired 3-4 rounds, decided I needed to give the windage a click or two left - after I'd already jacked the next round (of 10+ left in the mag, if I remember rightly) into the chamber. Went to half-cock safety it as the book described, but overshot the half-cock notch, and had to draw the hammer back to try to catch it. Now, specifically BECAUSE I was fiddling with the trigger and hammer of a first-time-being-fired-by-me rifle that I knew without a doubt had a live one in the pipe, I was being "paranoid careful" to keep it pointed at the impact zone while I did the operation. And good thing that was the case, because when I started to try drawing the hammer back to catch the half-cock notch, I lost my grip on it, and and the berm ate another bullet and spit out a few chips of rubber. Not negligent - I was taking every care. Not accidental - I was quite deliberately pulling the trigger and manipulating the hammer on a gun known to have a live round in the chamber. Except that because my grip was bad, (in hindsight, I should have had my thumb further across the spur than it was) there was a discharge I didn't intend to happen . But while it was neither truly accident, nor negligent, there's no question that it was an UNINTENDED discharge. I was, in fact, in the act of taking the maker's specified steps to prevent it from discharging, when my bad grip on the hammer of a new-to-my-hands gun let it get loose, and the drop was long enough to touch off the round. But, on the good side, as already noted, when you're at the range, the berm is where your rounds are SUPPOSED TO land after being discharged, so I count it as a "no harm, no foul" unintended discharge - and a learning experience. Of course, yes, once I dropped the hammer and knew that it had fired, I said "t'hell with it", didn't jack the lever - a gun with a known-fired round in the chamber is as safe as a gun with no round in the chamber at all - considered it "safed" enough for the adjustment, clicked the windage, and went back to shooting. Turned out I needed 3 clicks total to get it properly on the paper.

> I started them on BB and Pellet guns with the same safety as a real gun. This is how to do it! There's even shell ejecting co2 rifles/lever actions/revolvers so you can really learn somebody how to SAFELY operate something.

Fantastic!❤

Rule #2, Guns are Always loaded

@@aolvaar8792 So, what is your point? Don't play with squirt guns?

@@swhite10539 OP Comment: "I taught them to check a firearm and make sure it is safe to handle." Rule #2: all guns are loaded THE GUN IS LOADED, no need to check. M1911- the safety must be off to rack the slide to check>> Don't flip the safety off to check the chamber, #1: point in the direction of least consequences #3: Keep your finger OFF the trigger

my dad was the same way when I was small, told me if I was curious about them and wanted to see and handle them or go shooting, all I had to do was ask, and to that end never to go near them without his permission and direct supervision. Now I'm somewhat of an avid gun guy myself, and I fully intend to teach my kids the same if and when I have them. greetings from the Jersey side of the river btw.

Mental institutions were seen as inhuman! how inhumane is it having mentally ill people living in the streets NEGLECRED by society. The do good people didn't put enough work into correcting the institutions and making them better. They seemed to open the gates and forget about them. Life is very difficult today its too fast for many and too demanding for many. Humans were not meant to live like this, we have to find a better balance generally.

The "Rod" as used in the proverb refers to the rod that shepherds used to guide the sheep away from trouble. For instance, if a sheep wandered too close to a fast moving river or a deep hole, the shepherd would use the rod to guide the sheep in a safe direction.The did not strike the sheep with the rod.

I'm not pretending to know everything about your past, obviously, so please feel free to correct me if I assume something wrongly Giving a teenager a gun after denying them any experience with them throughout their childhood and then not teaching basic safety and respect for the weapon is shockingly irresponsible Really glad to hear you managed to avoid a serious problem and I hope you can bestow upon your grandkids what your father did not unto you

She is well taught........has a good channel.

I Had a BB gun growing up that an adult was using and it bounced off of a toy car and the BB nearly went all the way through my ankle. They had to make another hole on the other side to dig it out.

@@cindileggitt1336 ricochet is a nasty word 🫥

@@cindileggitt1336 Wow! that sounds like loads of fun! 🤕

@@James-h1o8h Auto correct keeps trying to correct it even though I know that I'm spelling it correctly and I didn't want deal with people endlessly telling me that I misspelled it. So, I guess it bounced.

@@larrynason8716 Surprisingly the BB didn't hurt much but the huge needle that the doctor stuck in my butt cheek sure did. 😂

Absolutely! Young women too, if they're interested :)

SSRI meds have changed the emotional landscape of today’s kids. Spot on