Re: Gun training with Cubs
Cheryl Singhal (csinghal@CAPACCESS.ORG)
Sun, 27 Dec 1998 16:12:02 -0500
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Dave Rockabrand wrote:
> Cub scouting is so into Youth Protection in regards to abuse
> (physical and sexual) and drugs but leaves out one of the greatest
> preventable threats to kids today, guns. I find this hard to reconcile
The issue is fairly plain to me, but I suspect I'll never be able to make
it as plain to anyone else. However, I'm willing to try.
You're dealing with 8 to 10 year olds. The physical/or/sexual abuse that
can be inflicted by a 9-yr-old is limited by his size. The damage that
can be inflicted by a 9-yr-old using a gun is unlimited by his size.
Or, walking around the corner, the avenues of escape available to a
9-yr-old facing sexual or physical abuse are somewhat larger than those
available to a 9-yr-old facing a gun.
Nothing in the foregoing is meant to be seen as approval of abuse, nor to
downplay the severity of it.
Cheryl
