I Found The Ammo And The Ar's....

[ColdWaterFshr]

Therein lies the problem Wayne. Stupid people. That and a pervading and perverse love of guns in this country precisely BY stupid people. The badder-asser the gun, the better!

More guns in the hands of more stupid people = generally bad results.

Only in Missouri would such a brilliant piece of legislation ever be conjured. Yes, time involved for educators who have their hands full and struggling mightily already just trying to teach the 3 R's let alone adding gun safety to the curriculum for. And for 5-12 year olds. Wonderful stuff. Teachers time would probably be the least of my objections, but okay, its a valid one, so what? Might as well add bungee jumping safety to the curriculum. I tell you what, while we're on the subject of fixing stupid and absurd ideas that'll never fly . . . .

1) for every round of ammo sold and for every gun sold above normal retail price (TBD by Uncle Sam), every penny above and beyond normal retail price goes to fund mandatory annual mental health screenings for every gun owner in America.

2) you own a gun you have to get it licensed and taxed annually just like a car, and must carry minimum liability insurance on it, just like a car. Proceeds from taxes and insurance go to funding additional mental health screenings, particularly for stupid people (IQ threshold TBD) who also happen to be gun owners.

Or screw it,

Make all guns legal and free, issued to each and every citizen strong enough to hold and point one (yes, that would be the test), all subsidized by the government of course, because by the NRA's logic and here's the real beauty of their wisdom . . .we would ALL be safer. We could get rid of whole homicide units at Police Departments all across the country. No one would need security systems. The president would no longer need the Secret Service even. Think of the lives that will be saved and the money that will be saved! The economy would prosper under the rapid growth of the gun industry and the possibilities would be endless.

[Wayne SW/MO]

But PD the school system is charged with educating children and a 1 or 2 hour class in a school year might keep them from losing students that bring them money. They don't get jack for a dead one. I do have to ask though, if they teach safety in their drivers ed, and allow time for drug education, why would it be considered an inconvenience to teach gun safety? Not enough deaths and injuries to be concerned with?

[ness]

I agree with ness. I'm fairly young and I have guns just to be a bad***. Also to shoot cans.

Then you're just part of the problem, whipper-snapper.

Be sure to look beyond those cans...

[ColdWaterFshr]

But PD the school system is charges with educating children and a 1 or 2 hour class in a school year might keep them from losing students that bring them money. They don't get jack for a dead one. I do have to ask though, if they teach safety in their drivers ed, and allow time for drug education, why would it be considered an inconvenience to teach gun safety? Not enough deaths and injuries to be concerned with?

If I remember right, drivers ed was an elective for 1 semester in high school, but thats been a long time ago for me. Did they even have cars when you were in high school? Did they even have high school, or was it still 1 room and then you were off to the world when you reached hay-bailing age?

But I digress, with the way things are going, more guns flooding the market than ever . . . and talk of people arming teachers and crap . . . it will probably eventually be necessity to teach gun safety training in schools. We can thank the NRA and the pro gun crowd for that. Everyone should pack!

Here's a real uplifting story:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/05/16841405-pistol-packing-pupils-becoming-an-everyday-occurrence?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=6

[Wayne SW/MO]

Did they even have high school, or was it still 1 room and then you were off to the world when you reached hay-bailing age?

P Diidy We shor did have them high schools and crick bottoms full of that mariwanna. I also went to school with 2 grades per room. It was less a shock if you didn't move forward cause you got to stay with them friends you had. Yup bailed a lot of hay for $1 an hour.

Did have cars and my favorite was my '50 Ford convertible. I liked it so much I even put turn signals on it. Never thought about safety belts though, didn't know there was such a thing.

[ColdWaterFshr]

[Justin Spencer]

Teach gun safety in P.E. class, I think students can miss a day or two of dodge ball and it shouldn't retard their intellectual growth too much, who can object to this?

[ColdWaterFshr]

Teach gun safety in P.E. class, I think students can miss a day or two of dodge ball and it shouldn't retard their intellectual growth too much, who can object to this?

Not a bad idea. My wife teaches at a middle school and sees the PE teachers pretty much just set-out the dodge balls everyday and then go sit on their butt and talk to a fellow teacher.

[ness]

There you go!

We essentially did that with sex ed when I was a kid. Good ol' Coach Galley filling the requirement with a lotta laughs along the way.

[Wayne SW/MO]

There you go!

We essentially did that with sex ed when I was a kid. Good ol' Coach Galley filling the requirement with a lotta laughs along the way.

Oh oh that's another one I almost missed, thank heavens we had back seats.

Teach gun safety in P.E. class, I think students can miss a day or two of dodge ball and it shouldn't retard their intellectual growth too much, who can object to this?

I agree that is a good idea.