re: Gun safety question for you baws

About two years ago a 15 yr old girl who was visiting a family in our neighborhood died from an accidental gunshot. This was an outdoor, offroad jeep driving, gun oriented family. They have a 12yr old son who was showing a pistol to the 15yr old girl while their parents were preoccupied visiting. Nobody, except the police, got a lot of details. Mostly to protect the 12yr old. But I can just see 12yr old me doing my damnedest to jack a round in that pistol to show that 15yr old girl how gun savvy I am. Or maybe he handed the gun to her and she tried to imitate what she had seen in movies. Doesn't matter now. That single moment in time cost a young girl her life, her family a lifetime of grief and pain, the boy will never be the same, and his family ended up selling that house. Probably in an attempt to escape the terrible memories.

So the question is not whether it's stupid, but is it worth it. Do you live in a bad neighborhood? Have you been broken into multiple times?

Personally, I'd be on your wife's side on this argument. Oh, and don't bet any money on those boys not knowing that gun is there. When I was that age, I knew where every single one of my dad's guns were and I knew where the ammo was stashed. In fact, he bought me a shotgun one Christmas when I was 10 and he tried to hide it from me. I found it a full two weeks before Christmas. When it came to gun oil, I had a nose like a yellow lab.