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In classic anti-gun fashion you assume every gun owner is ignorant of the tool they posses and the responsibility that comes with it. Stupid people buy cars and cell phones and kill far more of their fellow citizens than guns every year. Then give them a beer a cell phone and a car and it's astronomical. Stupid people buy guns and they suffer the consequences unfortunately. That's why the NRA focuses on safe responsible gun ownership and safety training for children to avoid the uninformed stupid that always gets a headline. Never mind the lives that are saved on a daily basis by responsible gun ownership. - Need a useless fact? More people are killed by pet horses than pet pit bulls each year. Thanks for opening up the debate.

This meme didn't say don't get a gun. It simply said there is an alternative if you don't like the risks associated with gun ownership which indeed there are. Certain people like families have a good reason to want an alternative as children are inherently curious and will find a way even with safes to look/play with guns. I remember playing with my grandfathers load 38. put in the bedside nightstand every Christmas visit.

Understood, my dog would lick the perp to death while I call 911. I grew up in a home with guns, I raised 5 children in a home with guns and I have 10 grandchildren in homes with guns. Because all have been properly educated on gun safety and the responsibility that comes with the presence of firearms, there has not been one bad incident in my family for over 150 years. Just a point for consideration, I taught my kids just as I was taught, if they were curious about a gun, I would be happy to show it to them, show them how to safely handle it and let them handle it in my presence whenever they wanted (if circumstances permitted- I never ignored the request if it wasn't proper at that time). I told them that we could plan to shoot any firearm they wanted, but that since the consequences are serious, they must always do these things in my presence, with my permission. They treated Daisy BB guns exactly as they were to treat an "assault weapon." The key point I made was to ask, "What would you do if a friend said, 'hey my Dad just got a new gun, come on and check it out'?" The answer was leave. No matter what, leave if no adult was present and guiding the handling. They all understand that no gun is a toy, but they weren't forbidden from asking anything they wanted to know, and they weren't forbidden from handling firearms with proper supervision. Most started target shooting at age 4 if they were interested, first BB guns, then the youth model 22 I used. My oldest grandson just went on his first elk hunt this fall. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to comment, and I get your point. I use both dogs and firearms, rocks if no other opportunity is available.

It’s nice to hear your children are so well behaved. Not all children are mindful even when properly raised. They aren’t blank slates and I’ve learned some have very strong personalities.

Oh they were rowdy little $h!ts, just understood the boundaries and why it was important.

Here's an alternative opinion. The real question is why not both? Also any parent that hasn't taught their child proper gun safety should be jailed for child endangerment.

Nice use of my templates.

Thanks. but I basically plagiarized, not just used the template.

The best artists are thieves. ;0)

You can indeed have both, unless your a felon (legally anyway). However there is a price to pay for having both. I made the meme to give people an alternative who realize guns can be just as hazardous to own if not more so than the protection they could potentially afford.

And it's not exactly a very smart weapon...

It's not about being completely in control. The more control you exert there is a price to pay. Besides totally being in control is a fallacy. I dog, and each one is different may or may not be helpful depending on the circumstance. Just like a gun isn't aways helpful and may actual get you killed. That is the difference. You're vastly more likely to be killed by your own gun than by a dog.

According to the CDC 20 to 30 people a year die due to dog bites. However guns in 2013 for example took 33,636 deaths.

If every gun in the world disappeared, people would kill each other with pipes, saws, knives, and their bare hands. People will always kill people, that is the state of the world.

However, if you take away the guns, criminals will ALWAYS still have them. You end up with unarmed civilians and armed thugs, which leads to a very dangerous society.

Think it's interesting that it always devolves into an either or argument. This is not even what I'm saying. Sure I believe in sensible gun control, but we'd still have guns, probably lots of them like we do now. But concerning this meme I wanted to give people who choose not to have a gun and or thinking of giving theirs up without totally having to feel like they have no physical security. I also think a security system would also be another possible option that could be used in conjunction with having a dog. So in large part this meme is about knowledgeable choice.

I believe in zero gun control. None, nada, nill.

FYI dogs can be incredibly smart, especially certain breeds like collies, poodles, German Shepard, etc. Just go watch some youtube videos at what they can do. In fact dogs are one of the smartest land animals they are under humans, apes, and elephants closely follow them in intelligence. Again look it up.

Until the dog attacks and kills your child.