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  1. That’s funny.
    But in all seriousness I actually think maybe the viewing of gunshot wounds would maybe be helpful in promoting the education of firearm securing & safety.
    I know one thing – my father, who taught me target shooting with a few different guns… also did a pretty good job of scaring me while teaching me, drumming it in, the importance of safety!
    I think, as a result, I’ve never been the gun enthusiast he was!

    Though probably that suggestion would be counter-productive for those with gun fetishes… they’d probably get a thrill out of it. 🙁

  3. ha ha! I never had a driver’s ed class in school…
    Actually, I THINK when i saw those movies in *drumroll* religion class in high school!

    I went to 2 different private Catholic religious schools, and religion class was mandatory, but included study of the school’s religion – Catholicism, cursory study of the history of other religions, and also included health & safety, and sex education!

    But before you draw conclusion… the sex education quarter was not just an abstinence-only instruction. It was actually quite comprehensive. The teacher did not advocate for sex outside marriage, and made it clear that Catholicism considered birth control a sin, of course. Nevertheless we were given extremely detailed information about the different birth control & STD preventative options, their usage, and statistical efficacy based on scientific research.
    Which is why I’ve never understood why evangelical Christians have seen sex ed as a threat to abstinence. Clearly the Catholics in my day had no problem whatsoever presenting information without making it attractive.

    And frankly, I actually think firearms safety maybe should be approached in the same way.
    Why not if it’s a problem for teens?

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