Kids 'n guns

Photo courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right

A home invasion has been repelled. And guess by whom:

A break-in at an Ashtabula home forced a teen to open fire, and a man accused of breaking in is recovering after being shot.

The suspect was shot by a teen who was home alone with his brother and police said the young man did the right thing.

Now hold the phone a dang minute here. What happened to all that "expert" advice we're being fed? What happened to keeping the gun separated from the ammunition and separately locked away? For that matter, if we're to believe these same experts, why did the homeowners even have a gun in the house in the first place?

What happened to kids taking a pledge never to touch a gun as part of their "education"?

And what would the outcome have been had Ohio done as the "experts" insist and passed "child access prevention" laws, to hold gun owners "accountable for leaving guns accessible to kids?"

Well, we know what happened in California, where they had such a law and where it was obeyed:

[T]wo innocent children died needlessly, victims of California’s "safe storage" gun laws.

Can you imagine the horror of being murdered by a pitchfork-wielding madman? And to reconcile that with what finally did stop him: being shot, albeit by the "only ones." All because a teenager trained in the use of firearms had no access to one--by law?

What do you think might have happened in Ashtabula had a brave boy not defended himself with available means?

And since when do blanket ignorance and avoidance produce superior results over age-appropriate training and discipline?

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Cops and robbers

Well, I guess it's technically not robbery if you get a gift card and some basketball tickets for a $1,000 gun--but it sure ain't a fair trade.

Ohio blogger "Hairy Hobbit" presents a conversation between cops about the Cleveland gun "buyback."

Their conclusion?

Don't think for a moment that the bad boys turn in the tools of their trade.