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I had to pick my own switch when I was a kid
originally posted by: TheLieWeLive
There is a lot of government over reach but parents should also be to blame when their child is out of hand. If you brought a child into this world you should be responsible for them.
If they are a bully who should be responsible for that? If they have a weapon and harm others who should be responsible? Their victim?
What does a child need a gun for? Even if you’re teaching them to hunt, weapon responsibility is part of that lesson. After the hunts over why do they still need access to that weapon?
That boy in Georgia couldn’t have killed others if he didn’t have access to a gun. They arrested and charged his father because he gave his 14 year old son a weapon, a gun the father had to sign and be background checked for. Therefore it was his responsibility to keep that weapon out of the hands of his mentally challenged underage son. That father knew his son had issues, if he didn’t he wasn’t being a responsible parent. Too many want the schools or tv to raise their children. If you are in their life, rather than just being present, you will see when they are having problems. If you choose to ignore those problem then be prepared to face the consequences of doing so.
I guess parents can just have children, but no one is to blame for the way they are raised?
The government should not have to step in and force you to properly raise your child.
If your kid is a murderer you should have stepped up long ago.
The “I didn’t see it coming” is a failed parenting excuse. Why didn’t you? Because you were not raising that child.
Too many victims are suffering from parents who do not take responsibility for their children.
Don’t have kids if you blame everyone else for your problems.
originally posted by: BernnieJGato
a reply to: Ravenwatcher
I had to pick my own switch when I was a kid
and you didn't come back with some spindly wimpy little thing or it was five times worse.
Not sure you understand Our rights as parents have been taken away - Lets say the father of a school shooter discovered his kid was going to commit a crime and grabbed the kid by his hair and called the police guess who's going to jail ?
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: nugget1
There's going to come a day when they will come for the parents for even OWNING a gun regardless of what weapon the offspring used.
originally posted by: TheLieWeLive
a reply to: Ravenwatcher
Not sure you understand Our rights as parents have been taken away - Lets say the father of a school shooter discovered his kid was going to commit a crime and grabbed the kid by his hair and called the police guess who's going to jail ?
I don't think your example of grabbing the kid by the hair works. That's abuse in the present for something your child has not done yet. The police aren't looking at what your kid was going to do, they are arresting you for what you just did to that kid.
We aren't living in precrime yet.