Eddie Eagle

Our youngest came home from school on Monday proud of her new coloring book.  "We watched a video about Eddie Eagle, and I got this special coloring book," she said in that cute breathy way that 3 year-old females in our family talk. "Eddie Eagle says 'Stop!  Don't touch! Leave the room! Tell an adult!'" she said in the authoritative voice usually reserved for bossing siblings around.  I laughed, proud that she had absorbed the message so well, proud that this gun-safety lesson was information she would not need in our firearm-free house.  And then today, I see this headline:  4 year old shot, killed by 4 year old cousin in Detroit.  And I'm not laughing about Eddie Eagle anymore.