Just don't let them know guns exist till they are 18, duh.

That drives me crazy too. You can look at the numbers, and see that abstinence only simply doesn't work, that kids in abstinence-only schools have sex earlier, have riskier sexual habits, are more likely to catch and spread STIs, and have higher rates of teen pregnancy. From a simple harm reduction standpoint, you'd think people would say, wow, we can actually achieve what we say our goals are by giving kids accurate advice.

I don't get why people want to treat issues like this instead of being pragmatic and looking at the outcomes.

Exactly....i was looking for a clever way to say that