John Lott, the famous economist, notes that Virginia's Department of Social Services has adopted new rules that require adoption agencies to deny adoption if the parents have firearms that are not locked up unloaded and safeties on, and ammunition locked up separately (you know, like in the crime-free District of Columbia). As Lott points out, the research actually shows it makes families less safe, not more.
I'm not sure how this snuck by, but I think we need the legislature to override the anti-rights folks at the Department of Social Services. The rule should simply be that no minor shall every handle a firearm without the supervision of an adult.
Humm, interesting. We have 3 adopted kiddos, but at the time we adopted we did not have firearms. We would have a tough time qualifying with those rules.
ReplyDeleteBut, if you think about it a child, is far better off in a state run orphanage in a 3rd world country than in a home with law abiding firearm owners. it is important to think of the children.
Those rules are far more about making a bureaucrat feel better than making the children be safer.
DeleteI did not know you had THREE adopted kids. Holy moly, you are impressive.