After reading some of the responses, I realized I should have given some more context about our radio series.
Y-Press first became interested in teen gun use about a year ago, when one of our members lost her cousin when he was shot by another young man on the near Northside of Indy. Originally, we planned to do a four-part radio series on teens and guns, with 3 days on different aspects of illegal use, one day devoted to legal and recreational uses. Eventually we realized that legal gun use merited it's own separate series to run on a different week on WFYI.
One story will be about teens who hunt, the second about teens involved in gun safety training (Project Appleseed). We already have those interviewees. For the third, we are looking for a kid who can access guns for self defense.
In short, while Y Press' interest in this topic stemmed from the negative use of a gun, we are attempting to give equal weight to both sides.
Lastly I'd just like to add that although the main outlets for our work are the Indy Star for print and WFYI for radio, we are an independent non-profit devoted exclusively to kids 10-18. You can check out our past stories at www.ypress.org
Classic, your kid sounds like he or she would be a good interviewee. If you change your mind, please contact me at ypress@earthlink.net or (317) 444-2010.
Happy New Year,
Andrea
Thanks for the explanation, and paired with Yellowhousejake's post, I am willing to extend the benefit of the doubt.
However, I think you may be in for a difficult time, for the simple reason that many, MANY members here have drilled into their kids' heads to "NEVER talk about mommy's or daddy's firearms with other people."
There's the added idea that it is possible for some rabid anti-gunner to take any evidence that a particular parent stores their firearms in a manner that makes them readily available to minors and cause endless legal problems for that parent. For those reasons, I would urge you to use any interviews you get in a manner that the interviewee is shielded and anonymous.