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Besides locking them up, clearing them, yelling no :), educating the heck out of them, and in general making sure they don’t ever get near your issued weapons (or private), what do you do help the child understand the importance of these weapons and the dangers, maybe something out of the norm?
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Besides locking them up, clearing them, yelling no :), educating the heck out of them, and in general making sure they don’t ever get near your issued weapons (or private), what do you do help the child understand the importance of these weapons and the dangers, maybe something out of the norm?
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10 Responses to “What else do you do to ensure your child safety around your fire arms?”
I shot the dog.
Freaked ‘em right out.
Just kiddin.
(I shot the cat)
Seriously, I took a 12 year old boy out to shoot targets in celebration of his completing his firearm safety course and getting a merit badge. A half mile into the woods he twirled his shotgun like a baton and dropped it. A round popped out of the chamber. The safety was off even though I had inspected the shotgun before we started out. I emptied the shotgun and smashed it against a tree until it was worthless.
Kids and guns don’t mix, ever. They aren’t ready to decide how and when to use a deadly weapon. How many have to die before we get it? I would set the minimum to touch a weapon at 16.
By the way, I’m all for gun ownership. Even concealed carry. Let’s just be sensible.
Most guns nowadays have a trigger lock which requires a key in addition to a ’safety.’
Eve,
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Eve,
When i was 19 i had intended to purchase a handgun for self-defense. I was denied due to ageist gun control laws (must be 21 for handguns). About two months later while walking to 7/11 i was jumped by 4 UNARMED muggers who than got out of the car and beat me to unconciousness (until they thought i was dead). There was no where to run, a wall on one side and a fence on the other. I woke up bleeding from one eye, with a concussion, eye hemorage, fractured face, bleeding lungs, and broken ribs and a medical bill surpassing $20,000. Someone had just been killed in that neighbourhood a few weeks prior… Gun control protected likely murderers so they could continue doing it.
A gun isn’t just for protection of your home, it is also for protection of the individual outside the home. That’s where my primary concern is. But within ones home if you have children it can be kept safe just by locking the trigger and keeping the key handy, if you hear someone break in unlock and blow em away. Yes it’s mean, it’s called self defense and it’s cruel as hell.. but than so is a bleeding heart that places the wellbeing of home invaders and would-be murderers over the victims.
and as for a ‘black belt’ , you’d have to be pretty damn good when they attack in packs. (even shooting one of them would likely scare off the rest, the noise itself is unsettling)
I intend to keep them locked up and train them on them early like my dad did, starting with a cork gun, then a BB gun, then a .22
That is when I am blessed with children.
Sounds like you are doing it all, Way to go!
Shoot a watermelon, show them the damage a gun can do.
I do everything that you do. Whenever a gun is in our house, it is emptied, locked and the key is hidden! The ammo is in our fire proof safe that requires a combo. When our girls are old enough (they are only 6 now), they will take gun training and learn the rules.
Another thing…we never allow our girls to pretend shoot another living thing. If they do pretend to shoot us or each other, the toy is gone. My dad says it’s mean..but I don’t want to encourage it. =)
I think teaching your child to respect weapons is the best thing you can do. You might want to bring your child to the range. It could be a family activity. That way, your child will learn from what you are telling them, and from the experience they have in watching you handle the weapons safely, and being taught the same. My dad had a rifle when he was 8 years old (lived in a rural area a long time ago). I was taught how to shoot with an air rifle when I was 9, it was more of an father/son activity, and an important life lesson that he wanted to teach me. You could do the same, take the mystery out of that thing that you keep locked up.
Tell me something, every American defends their right to a gun, and yet, you hide it and have it disarmed and hope and pray your kids never find it and hurt themselves or someone else.
So tell me….just WHEN does this gun come in handy when someone storms through your house?
Do they knock, say here we are, get your gun out and ready? Just HOW does a stored away gun protect you when someone busts into your house to **** you? The argument I always get whenever I say guns only empower the thugs and do nothing for citizens.
Hard thing for you Americans to grasp, but guns are ruining our country and it’s America’s fault because they are all coming up here from you guys down there, into the hands of young thugs who run around shooting each other up on a daily basis, getting innocent people caught in the crossfire.
So how about a good black belt instead. Bet it will save your life in more ways than one. (Kick ‘em in the nutz, show them what damage THAT can do!)
And just remember, kids are curious creatures. If they can get their hands on a gun to prove something, just like they do with drugs and booze, they will.
I have yet to hear anyone give me a good My gun saved my life story yet. But we hear plenty of other kinds of stories we wish we never had to hear.
i lock mine in a safe in the celling of the closet where short kids can not get to.
My son has a gun he hunts with he knows how to use it properly under supervision and he knows what it does to animals and what it could do to people.
I taught my children to respect them. Another thing to do is take the mystery out of them. Teaching them how to handle them safely and what to do should they find one. With my children I took them to the range and showed them the damage that a gun can do to a person by shooting water filled milk jugs and watermelons. When they’re actually shown what a firearm can do, most children will treat them with caution.
Eve,
We’re all happy that you live in the wonderful world of Canuckistan. But I think you should keep your nose out of our business. You fail to grasp that we are Countries that are run differently. We have certain things that are called RIGHTS that our Govt. cannot make laws against or take away, ever. One of those is that we have a right to own firearms not a priviledge as you Canadians do.
The gun problems and armed thugs that you whine about is not because of us in the USA, but is because those thugs that bring guns into your country illegally and use them. What most people are learning is that gun laws are only followed by those that follow the law.
Will a firearm make a person safer? I’ll leave that decision up to the individual and not others who think they know what’s good for everybody.