How so..? I don't have kids of my own, or plan to have any. As well for the most part I don't really care about others folks kids, cause that's thier problem and responsibility. Sure, I get upset if a kid gets hurt, or in this case gets high as fuck off something they shouldn't, because I'm not a fucking monster.. however end of the day, not really my problem... until someone makes it mine.

So voting for folks and taking personal responsibility for one's self is doing nothing?

I'm gonna venture to say gun deaths will probably go down the further away from the covid years we get. That shit put a major strain on our population.

I mean, I vote for folks that I assume know what the fuck they are doing, and they almost always don't have my best interests in mind when it comes to my 2A rights. As well I have several safes for ally stuff cause its the responsible thing to do.. I do this without having kids in my home.

Well like I said.. I think because of covid the number may have dropped because of people not traveling as much in recent times. I don't think a change in laws, or vehicle safety is a cause for the sudden decrease. Nor do I think the recent up tick in gun related deaths is really telling us much either.. if anything we would need to look at the greater societal trends that may be driving for the recent spike in them.

While it sucks cause all deaths are a tragedy you can't compare the US to many other nations on these grounds because you are comparing two diffrent cultures and can't just blame the presence of firearms. For instance Japan has no guns and way higher amounts of suicides per capita than the US.. which here a major driving factor in gun related deaths is suicide. Or a lot of other nations have universal healthcare, and we dont.. people have a greater access to mental health services where we don't. Sure you can make comparisons, but I don't believe it's a fair way to look at it.

Well I'm a gun owner..

Don't be that person and assume how we think. Honestly the answer with me is more nuanced than that. It is indeed an infringement, no where in the 2A says, hey you have the right to bear arms, and defend yourself, as long as you have a safe to store your shit. Like wise it puts another unnecessary financial burden on people to practice an unalienable right, which will only disenfranchise and lead to more legal problems for folks on the lower end of the social economic spectrum, who let's face it are the folks who probably would need a gun more than anyone else in society.

THAT SAID.. while I wish we could leave this in the hands of the individual, and say you have been trusted with not only the ability to own arms but to maintain and secure them. Not everyone is rational, or safe and responsibe.. so in this case a storage law makes some sense. I really wish the state/government would incentives gun owners to purchase safes, or other means to secure thier weapons, like a tax break program, or some type of grant program for their purchase.

For the second part they could just do what they do for guns, you have people 18 years or younger in your household then you need to lock up your shit. If you don't, and little Jonny gets into them, and blasts off into the cosmos on an adventure to the ER, then you will be charged with improper storage of a controlled substance. Easy peasy.

That's only a current trend and still very close to motor vehicle deaths which is usually and historically the leading killer of US adolescents. I'm sure covid played its roll in that trend flipping for a bit.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmc2201761

We litrally have gun storage laws in CT around minors sooooooo... maybe we should have similar laws for drugs?

Poisoning is such a loaded term.. to OD on THC you would have to smoke or eat an edible like the size of a bus. If anything I would say it's more annoying cause idiots either take way more than they are ready for, and panic, causing them to think they are ODing and they call EMS, when they should just go sleep it the fuck off.. or like in this case when someones little dummy finds their edibles and mistakes them for treats. None of this should be a problem if people used their brains before punching thier tickets to Mars.

Someone found their parents stash, lets blame everyone else!

Yeah think Middlefield ends at the cliffs.

Ah I see.. I spent a ton of time in Wadsworth and have only seen porcupines in VT, cool stuff!

Where in Middlefield?

If folks are uncomfortable with handling and making them safe.. dm me, if I'm free, and it's not far I'd come help out.. probably ID them for ya as well.

Do you know what type of rifles they are? Hunting rifle is way too broad.. and who knows might find someone who would want to buy them off you and transfer them over.

Cause clearly you have an issue with this.. so why all the hate? You do realize this is how any rational adult will view this post, and more so when framed with the subsequent other shit you posted here, you know this right? Like you think we are the extremists here, I'm here to inform you, you that's YOU. If you are ignorant to this fact, you really need to be more self aware bud.

Spewing hate against LGBTQA folks is super right wing bro.

Yeah like OP says he rather see parents teach their kids about stuff like this. Yeah nah homie, if parents like you are out there who think it would be even remotely appropriate to compare a already demonized, and let’s face it persecuted minority, to rapist, murders and serial killers.. should be a massive red flag to the rest of us ALL, why this needs to be done by a person who specializes in teaching children in a rational manner, and not be left in the hands of chuckle dicks like this. This is the civil rights fight of our time, and just like we would teach our kids about the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and figures like MLK, or even just have a down to earth talk with kids about race, or ethnicity in school this topic is no different. Kids are going to grow up into a diverse world where they should learn some empathy for the betterment of society and humanity in general.

So the LGBTQA community are on the same level as rapist, murders, and serial killers to you? It’s a very odd parallel you are trying to draw here.

Yeah it seems like making an mountain out of an non-existent ant hill if you ask me. Sounds like OP has a problem with LGBTQA folks.. kinda lame in 2022, if you ask me.

Ok..? What’s the problem here?

Fuck no.. guy was probably saying that just so they really don’t throw the book at him for improper storage.

I'm fairly knowledgeable about firearms, I had to look up what the fuck a Sampiyon-Panzer shotgun is.. ha lame.

Seriously folk need to secure thier shit far better than this, leave it to the gun gym bro to have thier gun not skip leg day and walk off. A locked glove box is not adequate at all for this task.

Rumor has it, she's updating the slogan to keep it more contemporary. Her new ads are going to talk about how extremely tall and handsome of a car dealer she is.

Hell yeah.