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DustyJoe

(849 posts)
28. govt parenting needs to add
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 11:10 AM
Feb 2016

Should we have laws for parents who leave booze/dope in accessible areas leaving their kids alone and
the car keys accessible?

Or just leave laws already on the books in place covering child endangerment and enforcing them accordingly ?
At some point adding new laws to do the same as old laws becomes ridiculous.

I don't know if you can legislate bad parenting, leaving a loaded weapon and kids alone with
access just screams incompetent parenting.

Same for the knife block in an open area, cleaning supplies in reach, prescriptions in the open, access to the swimming pool.

There's just no easy answer for parents lacking common sense to leave ANY dangerous article in
access to children unsupervised. My sibling stuck a fork tine in a 110 socket at 2yrs old, but the
parents didn't hide the silverware after that.

There's no problem punishing bad parents for lack of common sense. In my parts if your child isn't in an approved car seat you'll not only get a unsecured child citation, but can also be arrested for child abuse/endangerment, have the car towed and kids put in the child welfare facility.

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As they absolutely should be rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #1
Still angry? discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #2
Lol yeah rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #3
No not at all discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #4
Guns are meant to be life saving devices, only a sick twisted individual would use them ileus Feb 2016 #8
Have you experienced a "shot fired in anger"? Marengo Feb 2016 #10
None of your business rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #11
Here's a better question discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #12
One has to find a mate first. JonathanRackham Feb 2016 #23
How mysterious! Not even a single, small clue as to your experience? Marengo Feb 2016 #13
Perhaps a SEGA sniper??? discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #14
LOL! Who totally owns the cool story bro map. Marengo Feb 2016 #16
Interesting right? rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #15
I think it would benefit the authority of you viewpoint to share you experiences Marengo Feb 2016 #17
Scripted? rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #18
Your reluctance to share ANY detail about an experience so critical.. Marengo Feb 2016 #25
"You don't agree with me so you can choose to reject anything I say as untrue." beevul Feb 2016 #29
Including you rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #32
You're assuming... theatre goon Feb 2016 #24
Translation. Straw Man Feb 2016 #35
N'est-ce pas? rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #36
Who is making phony military experience claims on this site? Marengo Feb 2016 #37
Oui, c'est ça. Straw Man Feb 2016 #38
IOW, you haven't so you don't know WTF you're ranting about. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #20
Now how would you know one way or the other rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #21
Shoot you? GGJohn Feb 2016 #22
You should answer his question. beevul Feb 2016 #30
I was in agreement with you up until you posted this shit: GGJohn Feb 2016 #19
Of course, HIS guns are not sexual fetish objects... Marengo Feb 2016 #27
And the peer reviewed psychological studies making these claims Big_Mike Feb 2016 #31
IMO, that qualifies as a child endangerment issue. Arkansas Granny Feb 2016 #5
+ 1 ^^^ discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #7
mine too, and it makes me sick to the stomach gejohnston Feb 2016 #33
Good ! DashOneBravo Feb 2016 #6
This may not be too bad of a bill... ileus Feb 2016 #9
This may be the first thing you posted here that I actually agree with tularetom Feb 2016 #26
govt parenting needs to add DustyJoe Feb 2016 #28
just guns or would parents also be charged when gejohnston Feb 2016 #34
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