On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:28:53 -0700, jps wrote:

Your arguments are understandable and reasonable but unfortunately are
not supported by statistics. The vast majority of gun owners know how
to handle, use and store firearms safely. The accidents are by a very,
very small percentage of owners, not a "large percentage" as you state.

The accidents are in the news every single day. Toddlers to the aged.

Happened again today in a suburb of Seattle. Dead. Every single day.

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So what? People (and toddlers) have fatal accidents all the time,
and the vast majority of such incidents do not involve guns. Go
peddle your bull**** somewhere else. And just for the record, I do
think it is stupid to let a 9 year old fire an automatic weapon. Why
not blame the stupid parents and stupid instructor instead of the gun?
The instructor by the way is elligible for a Darwin award since there
will be no repeat mistake.