My Child Is Pretty Curious, Do You Lock Up Your Guns?

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I also agree that a little education about guns helps alleviate some of a kid's natural curiosity about them. The Little McGee started "helping me clean my guns" at 6 or 7-ish, somewhere in there. I'd clean and she'd come around and inspect parts. Initially, I'd let her hold my 1911 frame with the slide removed, and we progressed from there. By 8 or so, she went to a few gun shows with me and we tried her with a BB gun. If she was ever curious about my guns when I wasn't around, I sure never found out about it.

Then again, I also told her that my guns were like my underwear. Sure, I have them, but we don't need to tell everyone that.
 
Spats McGee said:
I also agree that a little education about guns helps alleviate some of a kid's natural curiosity about them. The Little McGee started "helping me clean my guns" at 6 or 7-ish, somewhere in there. I'd clean and she'd come around and inspect parts. Initially, I'd let her hold my 1911 frame with the slide removed, and we progressed from there. By 8 or so, she went to a few gun shows with me and we tried her with a BB gun. If she was ever curious about my guns when I wasn't around, I sure never found out about it.

Then again, I also told her that my guns were like my underwear. Sure, I have them, but we don't need to tell everyone that.
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My own children have grown up around guns, to the point that they are about as excited by them as by the furniture. They knew that if they wanted to handle or shoot any of my guns all they had to do was ask - and as youngsters, they often did. As they grew older, they lost interest, and as they near adulthood, they are required to periodically manipulate the defensive guns with dummy rounds. (My wife has the combination to the safe, and the plan/hope is that she will be able to access the guns and arm the family, should that nightmare ever come to pass). The boys tolerate this as they do their other chores - there's no complaining, but I wouldn't exactly call them enthusiastic.

I imagine if they ran across a gun laying around at a friend's house, they'd ignore it completely - if they even noticed it at all.
 
We have no children but ours are kept locked up. My wife and I travel a lot so we just prefer to have them locked up when we are gone .
 
EIB0879 said:
We had firearms all over the house growing up. No one died.
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But lots of people do. The latest was a 2 year old who shot herself with her fathers gun. At least she's not dead.

apnews.com

After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law

Authorities say a Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns.
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My kids know they’re not to touch guns without dads permission, and not to bring their friends into the room they are kept in.

This question could easily be put “my child is curious. Do you have any household cleaners, solvents, or motor oil around? Do you keep it locked up? How about kitchen knives and scissors?”

Idiots.
 
Mosin77 said:
My kids know they’re not to touch guns without dads permission, and not to bring their friends into the room they are kept in.
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I knew I wasn't supposed to a steal the family car and go joy riding or smoke weed.

Look how that worked out
 
I like to hang out infront of smoke shops and ask how they secure their drug paraphernalia from their children... hint hint they don't.
My guns are more secure than the cocane in the Whitehouse
 
I live in a pretty upscale neighborhood and don't worry much about crime. Last time I went to the doctor he recommended that I buy an AR-15 because people were coming into the neighborhood to rob us old people. I never thought my psychologist would recommend such a thing.

My guns are secure. That's the important thing. No one knows where they are, not even my significant other.
 
EIB0879 said:
We had firearms all over the house growing up. No one died.
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Same here. We also rode in the front seat of the car standing up, and the dashboard was steel. We didn't die then either, but a lot of kids did. Just like a lot of kids when not properly supervised, have died playing with loaded guns that were left laying around. The only responsible answer to the title of this thread, is yes.
 
jmorris said:
Really? What does that constitute? What do gun stores look like there?
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Stores are fine. Home storage requires a locking storage device. I'll be honest, I don't know the exact wording of the law. My kids were taught gun safety from a very early age. They know not to touch with out me being present or to tell their friends I have them. And they are all locked up if other kids I don't know are over.
 
Two years ago near me.
Dad cleaning out his car. He puts gun in pouch on back of front seat. When finished he forgets about the gun. Mom takes car with 5 year old. Stops at burger king drive through. 5 year old gets out of car seat, finds gun, shoots self in face.
How would you live with that? I couldn't.
There is no one on this planet that cannot make one stupid mistake.
If you can hide it, A kid can find it.
If you can put it out of reach, A kid can find a way.
Is it so important to you that you can't lock it when there is a kid around, Really???
 
The OP is about a campaign to determine and control household operations. It is depressing to see how many feel obligated to disclose this information and now to lecture others about it. We have determined that the campaign is conducted by an anti-gun organization funded by Bloomberg et al, yet OP apparently wants to further the objectives of said campaign by propagating it in this community. Now we have gone beyond feeding the troll poll to preaching to the choir.

Each of us is responsible for running our household. There is no obligation to disclose. If anyone thinks they should volunteer this information to other parents or to their family doctor or anyone else, that is their decision to make. We are not running a confessional.
 
Sometimes, Just sometimes. Once in awhile. Some people that legally are allowed to own guns scare me more than the bad guy with a gun. Just sometimes.
 
Robert said:
Stores are fine. Home storage requires a locking storage device. I'll be honest, I don't know the exact wording of the law. My kids were taught gun safety from a very early age. They know not to touch with out me being present or to tell their friends I have them. And they are all locked up if other kids I don't know are over.
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Text of the law

Per §25-1-131 C.R.S., the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is making information publicly available regarding the legal requirements for firearms safe storage in Colorado on its website:

Colorado state law requires that firearms be responsibly and securely stored when they are not in use to prevent access by unsupervised juveniles and other unauthorized users (§18-12-114 C.R.S.). Unlawful storage of a firearm is a class 2 misdemeanor.

Unlawfully providing a handgun to a juvenile or permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun is a class 4 felony (§18-12-108.7(1)(b) C.R.S.). Unlawfully providing a firearm other than a handgun to a juvenile is a class 1 misdemeanor (§18-12-108.7(3) C.R.S.).

Additionally, licensed firearm retailers are required to post a notice of this requirement and provide locking mechanisms with each firearm transfer (§18-12-405 C.R.S.). Violation is a class 2 misdemeanor with penalties of imprisonment or fine up to $500.

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rust collector said:
OP apparently wants to further the objectives of said campaign by propagating it in this community.
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Moderator is wrong as two left shoes but since he's a moderator he gets away with it.

I'm not trying to propagate anything. I wanted people here to be aware that this was going on. If I wanted to "propagate" anything I would have posted a link
 
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