I know there are plenty who think guns don't belong in school, but there also are many who think that they do. Schools are for education....educate kids about guns. That used to be a parents job, but then so was sex education.........healthy knowledge, as opposed to only fear, about guns would be beneficial, IMO.

Do we keep alcohol away from drunks?
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Car keys away from illegal drivers?

A sensitive issue, for sure..
Below an exerpt from a rather dated article (Clinton era)
the link is posted below it.

But gun accidents in recent years have killed fewer children under 15 than bicycles. In 1997, two hundred kids were killed by bike accidents compared to a hundred and forty-two by firearms accidents. But two-thousand, nine hundred children under fifteen died in automobile accidents.
HERE IS LINK