So. We are paranoid to worry about them confiscating our guns, are we?

[robkelk]

The idea being that you take away the mistique of the gun at that early age and drill in safe handling practices that the accidental shooting rates will drop even more.

Agreed. In Canada, one is required to take - and pass - a firearms safety course before being licensed to purchase a firearm. I don't have the numbers available, so I can't say how that corresponds to any difference in per-capita numbers of accidental deaths by firearms in our two countries, but I do know that any such event makes the national news up here.
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