In a world built around the polarization of political views, it is often times challenging to discuss issues that cause this polarization. One of these topics known around the United States is gun control, whether one wants more or less gun control will often lead to a direct polarization in the room and result in an us versus them mentality on both sides. This polarization has resulted in a loss care over simple issues on both sides of a given argument.
For gun owners I believe there has been a general loss of gun safety. This loss I believe occurs when someone becomes polarized on an issue. Rather than learning the necessary knowledge to be a responsible gun owner often times one is more worried about defending their right of having guns than knowing how to use them. The second way there is a loss of concern over general gun safety is the way society has turned gun mishaps into a comical events. According to a study by the CDC, between the years of 2005 and 2010 there were 3,800 accidental shooting deaths (Aftermath Services, 2017).
Part of this stems from personal experience. While growing up my parents taught me everything I know about guns and gun safety and this was reiterated each time I shot a gun. This shared knowledge of gun safety seems to have been lost in the translation at some point. Most of the time when I take someone shooting I have to spend the first 15 minutes simply telling him or her how to handle my guns safely. Whereas most individuals seem to just tell people to aim and pull the trigger. Which results in flagging, accidental discharges, dropped guns, inadequate trigger discipline and many more issues.
The second way general gun safety seems to be lost is how individuals experience guns in the media. A majority times I see a video of someone shooting a gun it is meant to be funny. This results in many thinking “gun fails” are funny rather than realizing how dangerous and harmful they truly are and could be.
In this video many think it is comical that this individual shoots him self but miss the underlying issues. He shoots himself due to a lack of trigger discipline, which should be learned when one, learns general gun safety.
In many funny “gun fail” videos the individual missis the most elemental rule of firearm safety, treat every gun as if it were loaded. The next video shows a male shooting a pistol in his house while using it as a toy.
Each of these situations could have and should have been avoided with simple gun safety knowledge. Try watching these videos with gun safety in mind and see if they are still funny. With this being said I believe it is our responsibility as gun owners to know general gun safety and aid others in practicing gun safety as well. This increase in gun safety will decrease the number of senseless deaths and will aid in keeping our rights.
Examining Accidental Shooting Death Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved December 12, 2017, from http://www.aftermath.com/content/accidental-shooting-deaths-statistics
For gun owners I believe there has been a general loss of gun safety. This loss I believe occurs when someone becomes polarized on an issue. Rather than learning the necessary knowledge to be a responsible gun owner often times one is more worried about defending their right of having guns than knowing how to use them. The second way there is a loss of concern over general gun safety is the way society has turned gun mishaps into a comical events. According to a study by the CDC, between the years of 2005 and 2010 there were 3,800 accidental shooting deaths (Aftermath Services, 2017).
Part of this stems from personal experience. While growing up my parents taught me everything I know about guns and gun safety and this was reiterated each time I shot a gun. This shared knowledge of gun safety seems to have been lost in the translation at some point. Most of the time when I take someone shooting I have to spend the first 15 minutes simply telling him or her how to handle my guns safely. Whereas most individuals seem to just tell people to aim and pull the trigger. Which results in flagging, accidental discharges, dropped guns, inadequate trigger discipline and many more issues.
The second way general gun safety seems to be lost is how individuals experience guns in the media. A majority times I see a video of someone shooting a gun it is meant to be funny. This results in many thinking “gun fails” are funny rather than realizing how dangerous and harmful they truly are and could be.
In this video many think it is comical that this individual shoots him self but miss the underlying issues. He shoots himself due to a lack of trigger discipline, which should be learned when one, learns general gun safety.
In many funny “gun fail” videos the individual missis the most elemental rule of firearm safety, treat every gun as if it were loaded. The next video shows a male shooting a pistol in his house while using it as a toy.
Each of these situations could have and should have been avoided with simple gun safety knowledge. Try watching these videos with gun safety in mind and see if they are still funny. With this being said I believe it is our responsibility as gun owners to know general gun safety and aid others in practicing gun safety as well. This increase in gun safety will decrease the number of senseless deaths and will aid in keeping our rights.
Examining Accidental Shooting Death Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved December 12, 2017, from http://www.aftermath.com/content/accidental-shooting-deaths-statistics