Quote:Not at all, anyone that has grown up in the "gun culture" understands what they are for. It's a big reason why we own them.

 

Just like when I was growing up I teach my kids about guns from an early age, you have to with kids in the house. I let them hold the weapon (unloaded and cleared of course) let them feel the weight so they know the difference between a real gun and a toy gun. I explain to them one on one what they are used for, how they are tools and like any tool you use it wrong someone can get hurt or even die.

 

It's the kids not raised by their parents around guns but find them on the streets and play GTA all day that get hurt or use them for crime.

 

I saw it said once, "Kids that Hunt, Trap and Fish don't Bang, Steal and Rape"

Every credible scientific study ever conducted has reached the conclusion that video games do not increase a person's likelihood of committing a crime. Every once in a while there will be a news story about some kid using a gun sometime after playing GTA and they'll always focus on the video game and never on the pressing issue of why a 11 year old had access to a loaded firearm.

 

As for gun culture in the US; for every person that uses there gun wisely there are two that don't. Same with cars or computers or any other household item except this time the item is designed to kill.

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