Gun Control vs Parent Control

HOUSTON — Houston school district officials say a kindergartner who brought a loaded gun to a school, injuring himself and two others when it fired after falling from his pocket, could face disciplinary action including being sent to an alternative school for up to 180 days.

District spokesman Norm Uhl says no punishment has been decided.

Houston Independent School District Assistant Police Chief Robert Mock says one bullet was fired about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Ross Elementary School cafeteria, spraying the fragments at the students.

Houston police spokesman Victor Senties says it is too early in the investigation to tell if any charges will be filed. Police aren't discussing their probe.

District spokesman Jason Spencer says the three children suffered foot injuries

 

             This story is out of Houston, Texas. People think we need Gun Control in this country, I submit its Parent Control we need. I was introduced to firearms at a young age. You know what else I was introduced to? Gun SAFETY! The proper use and handling of a firearm can be taught folks. "Gun's don't kill people, I kill people." As funny as that shirt was in Happy Gilmore, it's true. Gun's don't load themselves up and start shooting people. Someone has to pick that gun up, put bullets in the clip or chamber, and squeeze the trigger. SomeONE has to do that! We don't need Gun Control in this country; we need to start teaching Gun Safety.
           We need Parent Control. You should have to take a series of tests before you can reproduce. If you fail, you are sterilized. Yea, it seems extreme. You know what else would be extreme? If the responsible Americans carrying firearms had to give them up. You know why that would be a terrible idea? If having a gun breaks the law; ethical, well behaved people won't have the ability to protect themselves. Criminals are going to break the law, that's why they are called criminals. So they will always have guns. The only thing a more strict Gun Control law would do is take the ability to protect yourself away from honest, responsible, red-blooded Americans.
          Its stories like the one above that gets the argument started and the wrong points of this article are focused on. Why was this kid able to get his hands on a gun? Why was the gun loaded when he found it? I doubt a little boy in kindergarten is going to be able to load up a firearm. Why wasn't the gun in a safe? Where were his parents when he was getting ready for school? How do you not notice your son is carrying a loaded gun in his pants!? Those questions won't be answered, or even asked. The focus will be that he had a gun and could have killed someone. A stricter gun control law would have prevented this. WRONG! I'm going to guess that the level of irresponsibility associated with this kid's parents is off the charts. This child was going to bring something into school that could kill someone no matter what gun laws were being enforced. 
         It's the parents that need to be controlled. There are countless things that happen in this country that could have been prevented if the parents of the offenders did their job. Rap music and violent video games are being blamed for what some of these kids do these days. Really? How about bad parenting? Why is that no one wants to look at the real problem here?
         How do we fix the problem Pat? I'll give you my solutions. Be prepared, they won't be covered in sugar. First, mandatory gun safety classes for every American! Yes, I said EVERY American. Second, mandatory parenting classes for EVERY PARENT! And I know what you're thinking. How are you going to get every parent to take a class? You file your taxes every year? Well you have to have to take this class every year too! I'm not naive either, so I understand that we will never get every single parent to take this class, and that there will be loopholes that will be taken advantage of. However, it will significantly increase the amount of better parents and safer kids. That's just the facts!
          So how about we stop blaming guns for stupid behavior and step up and take some responsibility! If you don't think that's a good idea, you are entitled to your opinion no matter how wrong it is. I'll be sure to look for you in the back alley somewhere stuffing your face with Ham Sandwiches!