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Pediatric Group Says the ‘Safest Home for Children is a Home Without Guns’

Oct. 19, 2012 11:35am Liz Klimas

American Academy of Pediatrics Calls for Legislation to Restrict Guns for Children Safety

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Just as there are reports emerging that the gun industry has been thriving under President Barack Obama’s administration, an association is advocating for stricter gun laws in the name of protecting children.

The American Academy of Pediatricians said Thursday that there is a need for tighter legislation to prevent firearm-related injuries and death in children and teens. AAP states in its renewed commitment to its stance that the safest home for children is one without guns, but admittedly there are measures owners can take to reduce risk.

“There’s new, better data that although the safest home for children is a home without guns, that parents can protect their child simply by keeping a gun unloaded and locked, with the ammunition locked separately,” Robert Sege, co-author of AAP’s position paper and physician at Boston Medical Center, said to Reuters Health.

With firearms among the top three causes of childhood deaths in the United States, even though incidents have declined, the academy calls up research that links firearms within a household to an increased risk of suicide.

“Adolescents often experience very strong emotions and have difficulty seeing past a temporary setback,” pediatrician Denise Dowd said in AAP’s statement. “Their brains have not matured fully, which makes them impulsive, and relatively more likely to attempt suicide. When those attempts are made with a gun, there is little chance for them to change their minds. The odds of suicide are particularly high if the gun is kept loaded. It is absolutely critical that families who own guns follow safe-storage practices.”

Here’s what AAP is looking for in terms of potential legislation:

Consumer product regulations regarding child access, safety and design of guns

Child access prevention laws that enforce safe storage practices including the use of trigger locks, lock boxes, and gun safes

Regulation of the purchase of guns, including mandatory waiting periods, closure of the gun show loophole, mental health restrictions for gun purchases, and background checks

Restoration of the ban on the sale of assault weapons to the general public

As for how guns have fared under the Obama administration, analysis by The Associated Press of data tracking the health of the gun industry shows that sales are on the rise, so much so that some gun manufacturers can’t make enough weapons fast enough. Major gun company stock prices are up. The number of federally licensed, retail gun dealers is increasing for the first time in nearly 20 years. The NRA is bursting with cash and political clout. And Congress and the administration have expressed little interest in passing new gun laws, despite renewed calls to do so after deadly shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin.

AP states that many believe Obama is the primary driver of these positive gun sales.

“He’s the best thing that ever happened to the firearm industry,” Jim Barrett, an industry analyst at C.L. King & Associates Inc. in New York, said according to AP.

During the second presidential debate held Tuesday, Obama said he would renew his support for an assault rifle ban. GOP candidate Gov. Mitt Romney said at the debate he would not support new legislation that would restrict firearms.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. Featured image via Shutterstock.com.

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vbell
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:55am
It takes great responsibility on the parents of whom have guns in the home. That being said, this young girl is still alive and safe because her parents had a gun in the home: http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/around-oklahoma/12-year-old-Oklahoma-girl-shoots-intruder/-/12530084/17053634/-/142tpxt/-/index.html

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- Popp40
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:58am
  Come on now….they don’t want you to know about stories like that…..it doesn’t fit their agenda.
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:06pm
  How many kids have died under Pediatric care? More than guns I’m sure… maybe these “Pediatricians” should focus on patients instead!
  
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- stealthyk9
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Nationwide, gun ownership has increased significantly, but there has been a decline in gun-related deaths of children. So, what we need to learn from this story is that the AAP is a left-wing, liberal organization that is attempting to help chisel-away at the 2nd Amendment with the probable goal of eliminating it entirely. It also explains why I and my children have been asked stupid, nosy questions lately from our pediatrician.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:23pm
  Growing up we had a gun rack in the kitchen with guns & ammo.
  
  I feared, respected & looked up to my old man too much to break the rules.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Who didn’t see this coming a mile away? Then when all the homes have no guns, the most unsafe home for children will be homes without guns, and the safest homes will be with guns.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:30pm
  Don’t get me wrong, but in the Roman Empire when Christians were persecuted the first ones to get hammered the hardest were the households without swords.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Ahh another liberal progressive attempt to make guns look bad. You want to keep your kids safe, so you own a gun so you can defend them, and you teach your kids to respect guns and the proper use of them. These freaking libs won’t stop until they take our guns away and enslave us all. NOTE TO ALL LIBS, THE ONLY THING YOU WILL GET FROM ME IS THE LEAD UNTIL MY LAST BREATH IS GONE FROM MY LUNGS.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:36pm
  I Like / Just Needy Tim: Back off your meds again ?
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:37pm
  VBELL: It’s a shame the girl had to do that, I’m sure it will take a while to rebound from that especially if her school gives her counseling. They have her feeling like it’s her fault.
  
  The amazing thing is all these liberal/progressive reports come to the same conclusion that guns need to be banned, or regulated or controlled in some manner. Not one of them advocates educating household member in the use of a gun. Knowledge on the proper use of a gun does two things: it teaches children responsibility and teaches them how to be safe in the case a firearm is needed as defense. I guess that makes too much sense and doesn’t align with their agenda.
  
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- an american first
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:40pm
  If one breaks down the latest data from the feds (2009) age 5-14, 64 used a gun, 168 homicide, 204 used other means 209 drowned, 217 diseases of the heart, 974 cars, how about this one 12,999 certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. There are a lot more things to worry about. Last thought guns are always loaded PERIOD.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:44pm
  Hey, maybe true for criminal parents with guns in their homes with children. They aren’t as likely to have them locked up, controlled, aren’t as likely to teach their kids gun safety, aren’t as likely to supervise their kids, are a lot more likely to have criminal activity done to them, and their kids are a lot more likely to be depressed.
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:51pm
  Best music video for this story…..Madison Rising “Right to Bear” available on you tube. Or http://www.madisonrising.com Best line in a movie for this story “Well, do ya punk?”
  
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- BCanook
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:59pm
  It indeed takes responsibility. The parents and their children. Guns are not a joke. When the child is capable of handling one, and only with strict adult supervision and training, the whereabouts of the gun should remain unknown to the child. Any adolescent that will hunt, target shoot, etc should attend a gun safety course. Accidents will happen to anyone, but responsible use of firearms reduces the occurrences dramatically.
  
  Instead of releasing a study aimed at gun control the AAP should be promoting gun responsibility, safety and training.
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:01pm
  I understand, but it’s nonsense. A home with illegal drugs is probably more dangerous than a gun in a safe place. A home with a mad-woman is more dangerous than a gun (glued hands to wall and beat the child) a hot car is more dangerous than a gun when you leave a kid in it, A home who allow intruders to break in without a gun to protect yourselves is far more dangerous.
  
  Parents: You teach your kids about the dangers of stepping off curb before looking both ways, you teach your kids to not go with strangers, you teach your kids not to touch a gun they might find because YOU didn’t put it in a safe place. Crap happens every day from one cause or another, it isn’t just guns. Perhaps that’s why it’s best to have kids with both parents involved in raising them.
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:02pm
  The Constitution did say that we all the the right to keep and bear arms, and that was not to be infringed…. unless a pediatric group decides otherwise.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:11pm
  Most pediatricians do not belong to that organization. Chain saws and power saws are not left around for little kids to play with are they? Do mothers let their kids play with matches. The handgun is not for kids, its is for the parents to fend the child against home break ins.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:13pm
  This old news story just happens to come out after Obama and Candy bring up gun control lies during the second Obama debate. Liberal-Communists want to take away guns like they took away baby cribs.
  
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- Duddio
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:15pm
  The safest homes are homes with love and instruction. If a child is fully familiar with the gun, knows safety rules, and has been taught how to handle it properly and when and when not to, the chances of an accident fall to almost 0.
  
  If a child knows that mom & dad’s hearts are open to them and there is a loving, secure relationship in the home, then emotional pain will drive the kids to mom & dad, not to a gun. AGAIN, we focus on inanimate objects rather than the heart of the issue.
  
  My kids have all loaded and fired our handguns, and I have opened my heart to them so they know I’m a safe place to come to with problems. 0 suicides in our family.
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:18pm
  We all have knives in our homes. They are much more accessible than a gun. Should we get rid of all knives too? How about medicines? How about glass, it breaks and is sharp. All we need to do is keep guns locked and unloaded in a safe place. Common sense is to tell our children the dangers of guns. Be safe with knives, etc. Just don’t scare them to death.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:24pm
  With firearms among the top three causes of childhood deaths in the United States…. this is a fact. Which renders most of the comments here guilty of the belief entitlement. The notion that you can believe and defend something that is contrary to the facts or scientific findings. But then again most of the people here could not function without their entitlement belief. Witness Ann Romney who when asked about one of her husbands many misrepresentations and lies, stated that Mitt has had these beliefs for a while…. as though indicating something is a belief removes the individual from the responsibility of defending the belief and demonstrating it is based on facts and rational analysis. Way too many here start with their ideology and their beliefs and then select and filter the world to reinforce them. Which is of course why Fox News, Rush and GB have an audience.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 3:23pm
  Meh, this is the same brain trust that believes in better living thru chemistry. Oh, and by the way, their brand of help can lead to (insert common list of side effects… including fatalities…. here). Funny.
  But to top that off, this ideologically fueled garbage comes out as the healthcare field weathers a fungal meningitis outbreak… because of steriod injections intended to help, not kill. Not necessarily funny, but certainly ironic.
  Thanks for your concern. Go sell your politics elsewhere, busybodies.
  
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- Favored93
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 3:51pm
  My parents and grand parents BOTH had guns loaded in the house all my growing up years AND my parents growing up years!
  They were kept out of reach when we were young and taught what they can do at a young age…. WE KNEW NOT TO TOUCH THEM!
  Every time my sons (ages 5 and 3) see my guns they say ” that can kill me daddy…” they know NOT TO TOUCH THEM!
  There was a break in a few years back not far from my home while the owners were home… they were UN-ARMED and became tragic victims.
  My kids are SAFER because I carry and keep guns in my home. Those around me while I am in public are SAFER because I carry.
  A well armed home is a safe home ,,, END OF STORY!
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:42pm
  I was just about to reply with that story. I saw it on my local news here in Oklahoma last night. Best news story I’ve seen since the 19 y/o mother shot and killed a home intruder with the 12 gauge left behind by her deceased husband. Also an Oklahoma story.
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:48pm
  @ BCANOOK, Your are right to a point. You suggest that anyone that will hunt should go to a gun safety class. Well, you’re wrong. Gun safety would be better taught and adhered to if the father and mother were the ones to teach this important lesson. Why would you ever say that a child should go to a gov’t approved class over learning from their parents? Granted, there are some dumbass parents out there, but I give everyone the benefit of the doubt; and if they mess up and their child looks down a barrel while squeezing the trigger, then so be it. That is the price of stupidity on their part. Sometimes the only way people learn is through the switch and when you take it away, they never learn at all.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 6:53pm
  an american first
  
  FORWARD = 180 degree turn then go with determination
  
  Unloaded it isn’t even good for throwing!
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 6:56pm
  JRook
  
  FORWARD = 180 degree turn then go with determination
  
  Most people with a mental deficiency do not know it till informed.
  You are being so informed!
  
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- stage9
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 8:16pm
  Pediatric Group Says the ‘Safest Home for Children is a Home Without Guns’
  
  REALLY? TELL THAT TO THIS GIRL:
  
  12-Year-Old Girl Shoots Intruder During Home Invasion In Bryan County
  http://www.news9.com/story/19858704/12-year-old-girl-shoots-intruder-during-home-invasion
  
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- Cat_Ion
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:36pm
  Bluebonnett —
  “Parents: You teach your kids about the dangers of stepping off curb before looking both ways, ”
  
  These days, in this small city, hardly anyone knows how to cross a street. Even when there is no, nada, zero traffic they stand at the cross walks and wait for the little sign that tells them its ok to cross. I watch it happen numerous times every day
  
  Everyone is being conditioned to follow even stupid, mind-less and mind-numbing “rules”, across the board. When you can do that, you are easier to control. (Personally, I am a flagrant jay-walker…)
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:21pm
  I made a general search for these statistics and could not even come close.
  The best I could come up with is that gun shot would fit into accidents which out of 100,000 deaths (age 5 to 14 I believe) that involved shooting was 12 – 2/3 gang related (surprise) or suicide the rest accidental.
  The rest was car #1, poisoning. drowning, disease, allergic reactions. When looking in the general catagory of childhood death, guns really does not come up I had to dig deeper.
  But maybe I’m missing something
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:55pm
  Any home in America that has loaded, open to play with firearms is ten times safer for all children, and adults, than any hospital in the country. Doctors kill more children than all form of ‘accidental’ death combined.
  But that doesn’t mean we should let our children be unsupervised around firearms- or any other dangerous items. Teach them respect for guns, how to properly use them and when, and there’ll be far fewer gun deaths.
  Kind of strange, though, that ‘doctors’ want to restrict firearms ‘for the children’, but gun deaths are dropping with a marked increase in gun ownership.
  GOA need to lobby for doctor restrictions- for the safety of the children.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:59pm
  “…•Consumer product regulations regarding child access, safety and design of guns
  •Child access prevention laws that enforce safe storage practices including the use of trigger locks, lock boxes, and gun safes
  •Regulation of the purchase of guns, including mandatory waiting periods, closure of the gun show loophole, mental health restrictions for gun purchases, and background checks
  •Restoration of the ban on the sale of assault weapons to the general public…”
  
  All of which are unConstitutional in enacting and enforcement.
  The AAP needs to be legislated by having its First Amendment removed.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:02am
  Typo: “…AAP states in its renewed commitment to its stance that the safest home for children is one without guns,..”
  Correct: “…AAP states in its renewed commitment to its stance that the safest home for children is one without pediatricians involved….”
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:47am
  Anybody surprised that this is happening at the same time amazon.com is running a VHS special on “Lawrence Welk’s Songs of the Swanee”? Yeah, uh huh, me neither . . . meeeeee neither.
  
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- NeoFan
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:08pm
  If people keep their guns locked up will that keep doctors from murdering babies in the womb?
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:10pm
  Ah, Wango ‘s yappy dog routine. I, for one, enjoy it. Shine on, you crazy diamond.
  
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- KyleD
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 4:47pm
  If the only qualifier is home with guns or home without guns of course the home without guns is going to be safer because homes with guns include gansters and horrible people.
  
  If you also add the qualifier ‘with responsible parents’ to the end of each than obviously the home with guns will win.
  
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mcsledge
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:54am
Is this the same group that believes kick-the-can and dodgeball are too violent for children?

You can bubble wrap your child, but they are still going to find a way to stub their toe, skin their knee, cut their finger and burn themselves by touching something hot. It’s what kids do.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:06pm
  When I was a kid we played a different version of dodgeball in our neighborhood – it involved dirt clods rather than big red bouncy balls. We all turned out ok. Parents nowadays are turning their kids into pansy asses.
  
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- mmcdole
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:28pm
  @2MINUTES – Parents also taught their kids to stand up for themselves and against bullies instead of filing lawsuits and crying that their kids get picked on… Oh, how I miss the days where self-reliance was a virtue
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:47pm
  We also rode our bicycles (fast and hard) without wearing some goofy plastic helmet. And occasionally we played tackle football on the black top during recess. I might have a few remaining scars from the younger years, but those were better days – when kids were allowed to be kids.
  
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Hephzibah
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:54am
I logged in today just to add my call of BS on this one.

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- Popp40
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:10pm
  Here is another example of BS, it is a little off of the subject, however, it does have some relevance to this topic….why is it that liberals/democrats are pushing for all states to accept same sex marriages from other states, however, they are not pushing all states to accept open and closed carry permits from those states that allow this. Plus, it is in our Bill of Rights that we have the right to bear arms.
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:01pm
  Thank you for weighing in. Always good to hear about support for calling BS on BS stories.
  
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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 3:03pm
  Of course they push for same sex marriage… it’s another way to break down society and the american family… Plus “adam and steve” think guns are yukky….. and their limps wrists can’t withstand felt recoil…
  
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- SgtB
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:54pm
  My wife works at a CDC on an Air Force base. She recently got in a load of books to fill the shelves and to read to the children. Mind you, these came from the Air Force requisitioning agency. Among them were several homosexually oriented books teaching the virtues of having two mothers. Oh, and the age group these books is intended for is 2-5. Just let that rattle around a little.
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:54am
“…..parents can protect their child simply by keeping a gun unloaded and locked, with the ammunition locked separately,”

At lot of good that gun would do for self defense if an intruder was in the home and your life was imminently threatened.

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Parents can teach their children how to safely handle guns and to always assume one is loaded.
  
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- KissMyAmericanFlag
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:56pm
  Got that right, Sparky!
  
  Parents must teach their children well, or someone else will teach them wrong.
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:05pm
  Right on! Why bother having a gun if it’s locked away and unloaded. I want mine available and ready to use in case of an intruder. My family all know not to walk in without ringing the door bell and holler first.
  When raising children, the first rule was: they never went into my bedroom without an invitation and never when I was elsewhere. I was a parent who paid attention to what was going on.
  
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- MaleneSBrown
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:57am
  It takes a lot of time to un-lock and then load a gun. I learned a valuable lesson about that the last time I had a fox killing my chickens. I lost a hen and a rooster because it took so much time to unlock and load my 12 gage. Thank the Lord that it wasn’t an intruder that I was having to defend my children against.
  
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wmcritter
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:53am
This is just retarded.
Only about 60 children per year are killed as a result of gun accidents. And while that is tragic, it pales in comparison to the 600 that are killed on bicycles, 1000 that die in bathtubs, 3000 that die in swimming pools, etc.
Seriously, guns are just about the safest thing to have around your house. The statistics are out there for everyone to see. You have to be mentally challenged or just plain evil to try to say guns are more dangerous than anything else in your house.

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- Americanius
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:19pm
  Medical malpractice in some form has become the third highest cause of death in the United States. It is estimated that approximately 12,000 people die from unnecessary surgery, 7,000 die from medication errors, 20,000 people die from various other errors in hospitals, 80,000 people die from nosocomial infections acquired in hospitals, and an amazing 106,000 deaths occur every year bad effects of medications.
  
  Safest home for children is a home without liberals.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 7:11pm
  @AMERICANIUS: You are absolutely right. I haven’t seen the statistics on medical mistakes and problems for more than a few years, but I remember it was approaching over 90,000 deaths per year.
  This is due to medical mistakes, wrong medication, infections and incompetence.
  
  Sometimes I think I’m better off taking my chances rather than going to the hospital. Just too scary.
  
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Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:53am
I call B.S. If a kid wants to off himself he will do it end of story. Having a gun or not does not increase those chances of sucide. People will forever find new and intresting ways of sucide.

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- normalmom
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 3:05pm
  You are right having access to a gun just makes it sadly easier.
  
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fuzzy20841
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:52am
I’ve lived in the boonies of Western Maryland for years and have never heard of a child’s death by accidental gun fire. There are many more incidents of accidental drowning and child death due to fire! We must ban water, fire and liberals! they are all coming out of the wood work to get
obama re-elected.

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Joe_The_Patriot
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:51am
This one caught my eye

•Child access prevention laws that enforce safe storage practices including the use of trigger locks, lock boxes, and gun safes

How exactly would they plan to enforce this law? I mean the only way would be to come into your home…

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- rp454
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Yes. The pediatrician will require a key to your home and make weekly visits to ensure you are following all the rules he has imposed on you. These liberals are getting delusional. What’s next? The AARP going to regulate alcohol?
  
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- 702TruthSeeker
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:56pm
  the framework to enforce it has been laid out for a few years now through ADHD and PTSD campaigns. I mean if anyone knows how to use a firearm, it would be our veterans. And huge numbers of them are being put into the crazy category. They are trying to “create awareness” for more and more non-existent mental issues so that they can control peoples lives even more. Having a stressful week? It’s anxiety, here, take some meds. Obummer has said it many times, he is working on making sure that anyone who has any mental issues cannot get a gun. Only a matter of time before the switch is flipped…
  
  they are dead wrong from a moral standpoint:
  http://www.biblestudytools.com/nas/luke/passage.aspx?q=luke+22:24-38
  
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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:52pm
  Of course… Let’s get the kids labeled and medicated and that way when they grow up they won’t have to take responsibility for themselves, they can collect wefare and be ineligible to own firearms..(that kills 2 birds with one stone)
  Lets get the vets labeled PTSD because they know how to use firearms..Let’s take over health care and get access to EVERYONES health records, categorize and catalog all your data and use it to build a database, link it to background checks and if you’ve been prescribed anything other than advil or antibiotics you don’t pass and you don’t get a gun….
  
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AxelPhantom
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:50am
The safest home for children is one that is not surrounded by gang-bangers or drug dealers and has both a father and mother in the home, where education is valued and self-sufficiency is lauded, but you will never hear The AAP say that as it might hurt someone’s feeeeeeelings. Rather than going after guns, go after the culture that kills more children each year than all diseases combined.

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- jonarata
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:07pm
  Bravo, Axel – perfectly said.
  
  Hilarious that the AAP, the same hacks pushing tons of dangerous psycho pharma (Luvox, Paxil, Effexor, Prozac, etc. etc. etc.) on kids as young as 6, think “guns” are a “problem” they feel qualified to address.
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:50am
The safest home for children is with parents that are responsible and that home does not include government that doesn’t care about fast and furious.

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LibertarianYankee
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:48am
impulsive kids? i won’t disagree with that, but why don’t we address the root causes instead of blaming guns?

throwing Ritalin and Adderall at our kids to “Cure them” hasn’t been working….

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:15pm
  You’re right. But it helps the parents to not have to deal with a “problem” child.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 7:48pm
  BINGO, both of you. Those drugs can’t be that good for the kids. We all hear the stories about the kids who go off to school with no breakfast, but there’s always booze and cigarettes in the house and some of those kids get into the booze. Some people aren’t fit parents, but they know what causes it.
  
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Quandary
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:48am
Of course … they would never say the safest home is the home with 2 parents raising a child .. giving them a strong foundation so they dont fall into drugs, alcohol and gang violence.

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Moozmom
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:47am
And the safest country for children is one not run by communists and islamists!

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thetruthlives
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:45am
I thought doctors were concerned with healthcare not gun control

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- Metallicat
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 6:54pm
  They always use children as an excuse to restrict rights. all this is old info. put forth by the gun ban lobby before. a new study saying the same old thing,with the same recommendations. nothing new here. some of the legislative recommendations do nothing to prevent suicide in children,only restrict gun owners rights,which is the whole intent,veiled behind child safety. they missed the most crucial aspect of having a gun in the house,which is teaching proper gun safety,which proves their intent is only restricting gun ownership. soon gun owners will be labeled child abusers,for just owning one. I imagine Obamacare will be used as a backdoor attempt by the govt. to restrict gun rights thru doctors.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:45am
The safest home for children is a home without liberals.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:11pm
  Amen, GONZO!
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:13pm
  And the safesty home for liberals is one with padded walls and food served through a slot in the wall.
  
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midnightsun
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:45am
“AAP states in its renewed commitment to its stance that the safest home for children is one without guns, but admittedly there are measures owners can take to reduce risk.” until someone breaks into your house and threatens your and your family…..give me a break! My kids have been raised with guns in the house and learned at an early age not to touch. We’ve talked about the guns, dangers and safety. My 15 year old daughter goes to the range all the time with me and knows how to handle guns safely and knows not to play with them when at home. I pity the fool who breaks into our house! If the dogs don’t get them-we will!

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kblizz
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:44am
Did anyone see the story on the news today about how a 12 year old girl shot a man that broke into her home? Riiiiight..they’re safer WITHOUT guns.

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godlovinmom
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:44am
agree..keep those guns out of the reach of children.
In my humble opinion…the safest home for children is…no drug ridden parents, that are still so selfish that all they do is think about themselves and what they want…instead of taking care of their babies…living off state aid and showing their child to be lazy, dependent on the government and have zero ambition in life…Actually BEING A PARENT TO YOUR CHILD…nothing will keep them safer than that.

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eramthgin
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:44am
So this means that guns are the single largest source of injuries to children in this county. Hogwash this is another example of political correctness in policy decisions. Wonder how many children are injured or killed by guns each year versus the number of children that get killed or injured by sexual perverts.

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Oneirishman
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:43am
And an even safer home is an Amish one that has no risk of electrocution, Putz.

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Mapache
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:42am
Perhaps they should differentiate between lawfully owned guns in homes vs. guns in the homes of gang-bangers and criminals. I think the stats would indicate the problem is not the guns but the gun owners that are the problem. My kids are safer (as well as my neighbors) on account of a well-trained and well equipped gun owner.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/19/oklahoma-girl-12-shoot-suspected-burglar/

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kickagrandma
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:41am
Well, scratch that group as a credible list of references.

Grew up in a home with MANY GUNS AND RIFLES.
Married into a home with MANY GUNS AND RIFLES.

Big mistake in divorce was not getting the GUNS AND RIFLES!!!

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- godlovinmom
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:45am
  lol grandma!
  
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- momrules
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:53am
  you made me laugh Kick………
  
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Gary_K
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:40am
Bullshyte !

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Shoot2Stop
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:39am
The safest home for children is a home without liberals!

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- mrunner
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:45am
  LMAO! You speak truth. Thanks for brightening my morning!
  
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- kickagrandma
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:10pm
  Yes, indeed!
  
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grimmster
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:39am
Wonder how much these doc. if they truelly are doc. got paid to say this, from soros, or the odumbass campaign?……..

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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:28pm
  We already have background checks & mental health exceptions. We already have storage requirements. So WTF is the AAP blathering about!
  
  With 3 D printing & a set of blueprints there will always be so called assault weapons.
  
  Don’t control objects! >> Don’t control people >> Have people control themselves.
  No need for the 1st two types of control.
  
  But Wait, tards can’t control themselves!
  
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