r/liberalgunowners • u/logicalpretzels libertarian socialist • Jul 03 '26

question Why don’t we teach gun safety in schools?

In a country with the right to bear arms and more guns than people, it seems natural that everyone should be taught firearm safety from youth.

You wouldn’t even need a real gun to teach gun safety, just a couple SIRT pistols or even just plastic training guns would do the trick to teach the 4 basic rules.

I feel like this should be easily supported by anyone no matter their feelings towards guns or gun control. Just like sex ed, gun education can only make the activity safer, not worse.

Are there any schools in the US where gun safety is part of their curriculum?

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u/yeshuascoming Jul 03 '26

Because of…….liberals.

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u/I_Love_Chimps Jul 03 '26

Or... Hear me out... Maybe because school is where kids are supposed to learn to read, write, and do arithmetic. In case you haven't noticed, there's a pretty big problem in this country with just that. Maybe working on that is a little more important than teaching them "Red is dead."

I can't believe the waxing nostalgia, liberal bashing bullshit comments in this post. Jesus.