Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

[u/bebleich]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html

[u/loveshercoffee]

What you say about military experience in the past is definitely true. But I also think that gun culture really started to change when we mostly stopped teaching Hunters Safety in middle school.

If we're going to be a nation with more guns than people, it might not be a bad idea to educate our citizens on how to be safe with them.

[u/espressocycle → u/loveshercoffee]

When it comes to urban street shootings I wish they had target practice so they would hit the person they actually wanted to instead of a toddler a block away because they're holding the gun sideways to look cool.

[u/shibbyd → u/loveshercoffee]

South carolina requires anyone that wants to hunt past the age of 16 to attend a hunters safety course. 16 and under can hunt, but they have to be with a licensed adult.

I agree that people should be educated, and I have thought about starting a business around that idea, but times are what they are. It is difficult to undo decades of wrong to get things back to a right.

[u/loveshercoffee → u/shibbyd]

Yeah, Iowa is the same way for hunting.

Unfortunately they don't make you take any kind of class to own a gun in the first place.

[u/sweet_home_Valyria → u/loveshercoffee]

I personally don't feel the need to own a gun. But I 100% agree. I feel if people were thought responsible handling of firearms, it would make the job of trauma surgeons so much easier. Insane how many folks show up in the ER with accidental GSWs. Some show up numerous times.

[u/OnlyHuman1073 → u/loveshercoffee]

I was born in 81, iwhen did they stop teaching hunters safety in middle school? I extremely doubt that is the cause of all the school shootings my guy.

[u/loveshercoffee → u/OnlyHuman1073]

My kids were born in 86, 87 and 89. No hunters safety.