Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Guns and kids-OT

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

> 
> I don't understand why this total focus on gun
> safety and kids, without a proportionate focus on
> other dangerous things.  Statistically, many more
> kids die from household chemicals (such as
> prescription and OTC medications!) than from guns.
> But I don't hear people calling for a ban on
> household chemicals and meds, or even for(much
> more sensible, IMO) chemical lock-up boxes.
> 
> This isn't just sophistry -- I'm actually much more
> concerned about that danger than gun danger.  When
> my kids became toddlers, I emptied almost all of
> the not-totally-essential medication down the toilet.
> 
> If kids are going to be wandering randomly in to
> other folks' homes in a co-housing development,
> then I think all household dangers should be
> addressed equally, or relative to their statistical
> danger. 
> 
> Peace,
> D!

As I have said privately to others who have written to me, guns are made for
only one thing - killing. Ripping through flesh is what they are designed to
do, and if you don't want that happening in your house, you shouldn't have
one. People aren't banning household chemicals and meds because they serve
other useful purposes. Guns do not.

Medications should NOT be flushed down the toilet, as they end up in our
drinking water. If they are OTC and not expired, see if someone else can use
them. If not, put them in the original, tightly closed, container, and put
them in the trash.


-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California
tamgoddess [at] attbi.com

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