CRAY CRAY: How to ask about guns in other kids’ homes for nuttier-than-squirrel-turds moms

Good old Hayley Fox – no, not the porn star, but the occasional gun-phobe and animal story writer from the granola section of Los Angeles, California – offers up a great tutorial at TakePart.com for nuttier than squirrel turds mothers obsessing over whether homes of would-be child play dates are safely protected with guns.

What is TakePart.com?  It’s tailored for college educated women browsing from home.  If the article is indicative of their audience, TakePart targets those incapable of using common sense in how to determine if it’s okay to let their kids do a play date with their friends.

By Hayley Fox

(TakePart) – Whether you’re a parent who doesn’t (and would never) own a gun or part of a family that loves hunting with a dozen weapons under lock and key, there’s an awkward conversation worth having with other parents.

If your kid is going to be spending much time at a friend’s house, it’s up to you to ask the other family: Do you keep guns at home? If so, how do you store them?

Of course, once again, common sense is an uncommon virtue among these nanny-state advocates.

Remember: You Wouldn’t Leave Your Kids Alone With Porn

When you drop your kid off at a friend’s house, you often ask the friend’s parent a million questions: Is your family dog-friendly? How do you monitor Internet usage? Is the backyard pool properly fenced in? It helps to think about gun safety as you would any of these other household risks, said Lintz. Add “Is there an unlocked gun in your house?” to your standard list of inquiries.

“The difference between a gun in the house and a pool in the backyard is that we just don’t have the conversation,” she said.

This article seems to be a solution in search of a problem for 99% of Americans who usually consider the appearance, maturity and demeanor of the potential playmate in question in making these play-date decisions.

Specifically, most normal people evaluate their kids friends for how are they appear to be dressed, cared for, and nurtured.  Are they healthy, clean and well cared for or do they seem neglected or abused.  Are your kids’ friends polite and respectful or do they play with matches, pee in the corner and break things as soon as the parent or teacher leaves them unsupervised for a minute?

Is their home clean and comfortable, or is it home to the hoarder family with 43 cats, 14 dogs, 23 birds, 4 snakes, 3 guinea pigs, 2 rabbits and a tarantula?

Gee, Hayley Fox, you’re going to be a really popular mom for kids play dates.

We suspect most folks would use their own common sense to steer their kids away from any nuttier-than-squirrel-turds mom who starts to interrogate them about a host of personal issues before allowing her precious snowflake offspring to play.

Better safe than sorry, you know.  You don’t want the cray-cray to rub off on your kids.