Comments on: Gun Training in WV Schools? http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/ Putnam County, The Entire Kanawha Valley & Us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sarah Cooper http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1947 Sarah Cooper Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:54:19 +0000 http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1947 Closing comments here. We have a nice sampling of opinions and we're getting off the topic of West Virginia school electives. Thank you all for sharing your opinions on this matter! Closing comments here. We have a nice sampling of opinions and we’re getting off the topic of West Virginia school electives. Thank you all for sharing your opinions on this matter!

]]> By: Sarah Cooper http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1945 Sarah Cooper Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:13:48 +0000 http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1945 Sparky, not that anyone asked me, but that's the kind of thing I'd prefer to see around here. If you have guns in your house, one of the adults in your house should have taught you about them already. It shouldn't wait for school. Part of it is bonding, and part of it is that you love your kids and keep them safe. You just do. "Ammo along with condoms." Oh, you DO push your luck, Mister!! ;) Sparky, not that anyone asked me, but that’s the kind of thing I’d prefer to see around here. If you have guns in your house, one of the adults in your house should have taught you about them already. It shouldn’t wait for school. Part of it is bonding, and part of it is that you love your kids and keep them safe. You just do.

“Ammo along with condoms.” Oh, you DO push your luck, Mister!! ;)

]]> By: Sparky http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1944 Sparky Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:06:02 +0000 http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1944 I grew up around guns. My Step-Dad was a redneck, prune-pickin, beer-drinkin, diego from the CA Central Valley. 'HE' taught me to respect guns and handle them safely. We took a hunter's safety course together. It was male-bonding at its best. But I definitely don't think it's something the school system should get involved in. Next thing you know, they'll be passing out ammo along with the condoms. I grew up around guns. My Step-Dad was a redneck, prune-pickin, beer-drinkin, diego from the CA Central Valley. ‘HE’ taught me to respect guns and handle them safely. We took a hunter’s safety course together. It was male-bonding at its best. But I definitely don’t think it’s something the school system should get involved in. Next thing you know, they’ll be passing out ammo along with the condoms.

]]> By: Sarah Cooper http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1943 Sarah Cooper Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:05:23 +0000 http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1943 Ines, gun safety will be a requirement, gun training is optional. But my teenager fears some kids in her school being trained, and I trust her judgment. She's level headed and around these kids all the time, if she worries, I'm sure there's a reason. AIDS isn't a big fear of mine. When we lived in Charlotte, I used to wait on a few customers at the bank who had AIDS. They appreciated that I smiled and them and treated them well, as they deserved, remembered their names and was happy to see them again. For one, I knew her family and mourned with them when she died. When I transferred to a branch across town, her family drove out of their way so that I could still wait on them. I know how much that meant to them. Not that any of that had a thing to do with THIS topic, but there it is! :) Ines, gun safety will be a requirement, gun training is optional. But my teenager fears some kids in her school being trained, and I trust her judgment. She’s level headed and around these kids all the time, if she worries, I’m sure there’s a reason.

AIDS isn’t a big fear of mine. When we lived in Charlotte, I used to wait on a few customers at the bank who had AIDS. They appreciated that I smiled and them and treated them well, as they deserved, remembered their names and was happy to see them again. For one, I knew her family and mourned with them when she died. When I transferred to a branch across town, her family drove out of their way so that I could still wait on them. I know how much that meant to them.

Not that any of that had a thing to do with THIS topic, but there it is! :)

]]> By: ines http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1942 ines Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:56:59 +0000 http://www.theputnamscoop.com/gun-training-in-wv-schools/#comment-1942 Sorry to come in here Sarah but to compare fire arms and AIDS is absolutely ridiculous. What needs to be understood here is that we, as mothers are definitely pro-gun safety that's not what this article is about. Whether we are pro-guns or not, the whole idea of gun-training in school is uncalled for IMHO. As for gun safety, it's up to the parents to decide when and where that happens, I would also be appalled if our school system made it a requirement. Sorry to come in here Sarah but to compare fire arms and AIDS is absolutely ridiculous. What needs to be understood here is that we, as mothers are definitely pro-gun safety that’s not what this article is about.

Whether we are pro-guns or not, the whole idea of gun-training in school is uncalled for IMHO. As for gun safety, it’s up to the parents to decide when and where that happens, I would also be appalled if our school system made it a requirement.

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