At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional shootings by children, according to Everytown, an advocacy group for firearm safety.

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      So…just gonna gloss over everything else. Remove guns all together and, until we can get to that point, we must do absolutely nothing else to at least hopefully prevent these deaths?

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          That would be nice. But right now we are trying to discuss something more realistic, something that could be done now. What do you believe could honestly be done NOW? Mandatory education about firearms or a total ban?

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            Ban and buy back. Education campaign about how crime rates are declining and owning a gun just increases the likelihood that you or someone else in your household gets shot by it, or your lovely trigger happy police force.

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              I’m really trying to wrap my mind around this. You are honestly opposed to teaching children that the guns that we currently have are dangerous?

              Again… I’m not saying anything against banning guns. I’m just trying to discuss what we can do in the here and now before that.

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                My countrymen and women did not grow up with gun safety classes, but we did have guns. We got rid of the guns. Weeeeee!

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                  And, again, nobody is saying we shouldn’t get rid of the guns. It’s just that they are here and right now there is no chance in hell they’re going away anytime soon. We are trying to discuss what we can do in the meantime.

                  Let’s come at it from this angle. We have guns in this country, and for now, they are just not going away. What do you believe is the harm in educating children about how dangerous they are?

                  Or… Maybe another talking point that will help you understand. Judging by your instance I’m guessing you’re Australian? You guys are going very hard on education against tobacco. In a way that I truly applaud.

                  Why haven’t you just banned it? Why are you educating children against tobacco when you could just ban it? Are you pro tobacco?

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      A very small percentage of children.

      There are more age groups of children than just toddlers.

      I personally support laws requiring gun owners to properly store firearms.