Dr. Tom Kottke

okay now um the uh uh some people say well they can't they can't afford a uh a biometric safe well i just looked online you can buy a biometric safe for 70 bucks and so that's what is that 10 cups of coffee at starbucks yeah if you can afford a pistol you can afford a biometric safe and um

okay now um the uh uh some people say well they can't they can't afford a uh a biometric safe well i just looked online you can buy a biometric safe for 70 bucks and so that's what is that 10 cups of coffee at starbucks yeah if you can afford a pistol you can afford a biometric safe and um

I'm going to stop there for a moment and turn it over to Anthony for his reflections, and we can turn back for some other ideas I have about increasing the safety of your children in a gun culture, which is the United States. Anthony?

I'm going to stop there for a moment and turn it over to Anthony for his reflections, and we can turn back for some other ideas I have about increasing the safety of your children in a gun culture, which is the United States. Anthony?

Well, the data are clear. We're there. We're there. Now, Anthony brought up an excellent point. Of course, I come from a white middle-class background. For decades, $70 has been not very much to me. But firearm locks free. If you live in St. Paul... You can get a free firearm lock from the St. Paul Police Department. Or in Ramsey County, they also have the Gun Safety Initiative website.

Well, the data are clear. We're there. We're there. Now, Anthony brought up an excellent point. Of course, I come from a white middle-class background. For decades, $70 has been not very much to me. But firearm locks free. If you live in St. Paul... You can get a free firearm lock from the St. Paul Police Department. Or in Ramsey County, they also have the Gun Safety Initiative website.

And then Minnesota Department of Safety will also provide them. And we're working with doctors' offices to basically have a bowl of gun locks, trigger locks out on the desk next to the bowl of condoms. And you just pick them up. But Anthony is absolutely right that it may have been barter or that I shouldn't assume that $70, particularly in this economy, is sort of optional money.

And then Minnesota Department of Safety will also provide them. And we're working with doctors' offices to basically have a bowl of gun locks, trigger locks out on the desk next to the bowl of condoms. And you just pick them up. But Anthony is absolutely right that it may have been barter or that I shouldn't assume that $70, particularly in this economy, is sort of optional money.

Yep. California, Colorado, even down in Louisiana, they have campaigns. The docs have campaigns to offer gun locks.

Yep. California, Colorado, even down in Louisiana, they have campaigns. The docs have campaigns to offer gun locks.

Yeah. Anthony?

Yeah. Anthony?

Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question, Anthony. And what we're learning from the docs is that you don't ask, do you have guns? You start out by asking, are your guns stored safely? And so that gets around the Second Amendment thing or the, you know, like, why are you asking me if I have guns? It's, are your guns stored safely? And I think, you know, folks in the military, I...

Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question, Anthony. And what we're learning from the docs is that you don't ask, do you have guns? You start out by asking, are your guns stored safely? And so that gets around the Second Amendment thing or the, you know, like, why are you asking me if I have guns? It's, are your guns stored safely? And I think, you know, folks in the military, I...

um or ex-military may i mean they've they've had some training and and i'm going to offer something i think I had gun safety training when I was in Boy Scouts. We used to hunt with a classmate of my father's who had been in the military in World War II. He was a stickler for safety. I was talking to one of the chaps who was in the St. Paul violence interrupters. He said,

um or ex-military may i mean they've they've had some training and and i'm going to offer something i think I had gun safety training when I was in Boy Scouts. We used to hunt with a classmate of my father's who had been in the military in World War II. He was a stickler for safety. I was talking to one of the chaps who was in the St. Paul violence interrupters. He said,

The way I learned how to shoot a gun was on Nintendo. So there's no real, the reality of what happens when somebody struck by a bullet is not known. So I would suggest sending, as your child, if they're not in Boy Scouts or, you know, sending them to gun safety, program. Now, Outstate, the Department of Natural Resources hosts these.

The way I learned how to shoot a gun was on Nintendo. So there's no real, the reality of what happens when somebody struck by a bullet is not known. So I would suggest sending, as your child, if they're not in Boy Scouts or, you know, sending them to gun safety, program. Now, Outstate, the Department of Natural Resources hosts these.

Here in the Twin Cities, there's a chap, he operates a company called Protection Far Left of Center, and I haven't been there, but if you look at his website, what he talks about is very realistic. He's not a carry and kill guy, but he's teaches respect for guns. The other the other opportunity, if you want, is have your child participate in the Minnesota Clay Target Association.

Here in the Twin Cities, there's a chap, he operates a company called Protection Far Left of Center, and I haven't been there, but if you look at his website, what he talks about is very realistic. He's not a carry and kill guy, but he's teaches respect for guns. The other the other opportunity, if you want, is have your child participate in the Minnesota Clay Target Association.