spujb
joined 11 months ago
it’s a counter culture movement! there’s no movement without a culture to counter i guess
fucking iconic comment, thanks homie 🩷
Thank you for your comment. I won’t do any speculation either way regarding this specific situation.
What is important is the messaging to parents and society at large of the importance of the safety measures that we both seem to agree on :) Blaming and laughing at the kid straight away in this situation detracts from that crucial message that gun safes and basic education for kids save lives.
🤝 i guess lol
i also agree that all kids are idiots. never stated otherwise. :) take care
Truly! I hope that this post can serve as a reminder to parents that guns should be locked in a safe. Basic gun safety education can also be immensely valuable.
Objection, speculation.
I’m not here to debate what would have happened, I am just disappointed that the immediate reaction to a youth’s tragic death is guffawing.
I hate cars too and I think they shouldn’t be around either. But as long as they are I am going to insist that kids get drivers ed training and that that training is constantly improved upon. I am being quite consistent here.
Unironically yes. Kids are dumb as shit but if we as a society insist on guns being around, the least we can do is reduce the harm by giving them the education they need to be around guns safely.
You snarked your way into being correct.
(Edited to be kinder)
This is absolutely a ‘gun safety’ issue, because any gun safety course will have treat every gun as if it’s loaded as one of the first principles.
The average 17 year old driving has had dozens of hours of training before being licensed. The same should apply to 17 year olds with guns at minimum.
I mean you are definitely correct. The response to a kid dying still shouldn’t be joking about how dumb he was.
All kids are dumb; they’re kids. That’s the point. A society that lets kids get their hands on guns untrained has already failed.
It was a child (technically an underaged adolescent, yes). 17 year olds are not allowed to drink, smoke, be in porn, rent cars, and many more things because they do not have the mental capacity of an adult. Victim blaming young people with as-yet unformed mental capacity does nothing for anyone but make you feel self righteous.
CDC:
Unintentional injury is a leading cause of death among U.S. children and adolescents aged 0–17 years, and firearms are a leading injury method.
Securing firearms (e.g., locked, unloaded, and separate from ammunition) is protective against unintentional firearm injury deaths among children and adolescents, underscoring the importance of promoting secure firearm storage.
Not instead but in addition, sure! I personally don’t see the relevance of this here but yes, mental health awareness is important
Unless this is a troll comment and you are just being snarky :( in which case leave me alone