as a parent, you have to let your kid face those really tough, hard consequences so that they learn the lesson before they make way bigger mistakes and then you can't come back from them,  Terranova said.

 We have to teach gun safety. We have to teach that 'hey, this isn't good, this could hurt you, this could kill you.' It's heartbreaking,  Bout said.

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