Another Thought
Dr. Laura touched on this ...
Kids are not being raised right.
Not all, still way too many of the past decades of kids being raised , are not being exposed and parented in the realities of Life.
Parents are
(1) letting others Indoctrinate their kids, through school, TV and and other sensory input means.
(2) not being involved and/or do not have any idea what brainwashing, propaganda or indoctrinations their kids are being exposed to.
Firearms were part of growing up and the Life Lessons of being a Responsible Person.
Free thinkers, Problem solving, Self Sufficient, Prepared, Adapt Improvise Overcome...
No 911 , no cell phones , no...
In my day, we had as many if not more Civil Defense Drills as we did Fire Drills.
Oh - blasting caps.
As the kids say we had umpteen bazillion lectures, films , pamphlets presented by Police, Fire Dept, Construction Crews about blasting caps.
"Just like the Firearm Safety you guys and gals were raised with" - These Professionals shared.
Being raised with Firearms, and other Life Lessons - when Riots broke out, we all knew - even kids - what gunshots sounded like.
We knew best we could at whatever our ages were to take cover and what was cover, and what was concealment .
We knew a revolver held 5 or 6 shots, and had to be reloaded.
We knew a 1911 held 7 rounds in a USGI/ Colt magazine...
WE knew...firearms as we were around firearms, and shot firearms.
Oh, we learned this from Black and White TV shows about Cowboys, Army and other stuff too.
Parents are not raising kids, and kids grow up and desperately want to be matriculated into so many things like fishing, hunting and firearms.
TV and movies are computer graphic enhanced, the Ethics, Morals are not in these mediums - quite a bit of Indoctrination is.
Blasting caps were not evil, just a dangerous tool used in construction. Just something that required Responsible Handling and Respect.
These were not banned, just everyone was educated. So when we kids found one, some of us gathered around to keep others away, and two other kids went to a pay phone, used the dime "for emergencies only" and called the Police.
"Yes, we found a blasting cap at....".
Police and Fire Dept arrived first, then a guy from a Construction Company [Demo guy] and all was good.
They even gave the kid a dime back for the one used, and made sure the rest of us had our "emergency dimes".
How raised - what you do.
Not long ago I overhead a person call 911 to ask how long to set a microwave for a "nuked" potato.
Not how raised - or what you do.
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Being raised with Firearms in the home - I do feel is "gun training" if you will.
So yes. being raised right with "gun training" very well could have assisted in this tragedy.