When it comes to setting up a play date, you may ask about TV policy or food allergies, but what about questions about if there are guns in the home?
Close to 1,300 children die every year from these incidents, making guns the third leading cause of death for children.Perhaps not surprisingly, boys are overwhelmingly the victims and perpetrators of gun violence, accidental and otherwise.
Here’s the thing: You cannot simply trust that people are responsible gun owners just because they’re parents. People are people, and they don’t necessarily change after they have kids. You would hope that they wouldn’t drink and drive…or sexually harass their coworkers…or be the obnoxious jerks they’ve always been…or leave their guns out. But as we know from the news and from personal anecdotes, this isn’t always the case.
Still, like I said earlier, it isn’t quite that easy. Gun ownership in this country is an incredibly touchy subject, and at the mere suggestion of regulation , people can start screaming about Second Amendment rights. Plus, they might get defensive if they think you’re criticizing their parenting skills.first play date
I put a little smiley face at the end of it, too. As if a silly emoji and a bumbling, oh-I’m-so-crazy-with-my-crazy-question tone is going to lessen the awkwardness of my e-mail.
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