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re: Gun safety question for you baws
Posted on 2/12/21 at 2:42 pm to OldSouth
Posted on 2/12/21 at 2:42 pm to OldSouth
I keep a loaded pistol and a flashlight in a touch pad lock box. All of my other guns are in a locked gun cabinet. I trust my kids and they are educated in gun safety and handling. I feel it is the gun owners responsibility to make sure that weapon does not get into the wrong hands. I also do not live in an area that I feel I need to have a loaded pistol just laying around at all times.
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Posted on 2/12/21 at 2:48 pm to loopback
Get a safe with quick unlock feature. It's not your kids you have to worry about a lot of the time. Good peace of mind.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 2:58 pm to loopback
I have no input other than I think that is an odd place to put a gun.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:10 pm to loopback
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and all three have been lectured to never touch a gun in the house.
Are they going to be the only kids in your house ever?
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:14 pm to jlovel7
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I’ll say this. My GF who is in her 20s now grew up with her and her sister with guns scattered throughout the house. They knew it was their arse if they touched one. They also were raised hunting and fishing.
We had loaded guns all over our house when I was growing up. My dad left a Colt 1911 on top of his nightstand loaded. Granted this was in the 80s and we also didn't wear seatbelts
I don't have all of mine locked up. My youngest is 14 though.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:14 pm to loopback
You should get a biometric safe. I agree with your wife, having a loaded gun laying around in the house with kids around is stupid.
Mine are either on me, unloaded, or locked up
Mine are either on me, unloaded, or locked up
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:21 pm to loopback
I'll answer your question this way" What if by some awful scenario, your kids or someone else gets their hands on your gun and their is an unfortunate accident> Would you think it was wrong, then? You can trust your kids and they may never touch that gun, but they are immature and that stands to reason that you must take precautions. I will tell you this, you would be held liable should anything happen.
Now, stupid is a strong word, however, it is not the smartest thing you should be doing with children in the home.
Now, stupid is a strong word, however, it is not the smartest thing you should be doing with children in the home.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:21 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
It’s not loaded. And it’s not “laying around the house” I ALSO agree that leaving a “loaded gun laying around the house” is stupid but that’s NOT the case here. Did you read the OP? The gun is out of reach in a small crevasse on top the fridge. The gun has bullets in the magazine but NOT one in the chamber. It would need to be found and the slide pulled to chamber a bullet, then fired. This is nothing like a “loaded gun laying around the house” the obvious difference is pretty clear
This post was edited on 2/12/21 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:24 pm to loopback
Kids are different nowadays but your spot sounds like a good place to look for porn mags to 10yo me.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:24 pm to loopback
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I ALSO agree that leaving a “loaded gun laying around the house” is stupid
OB has become softer than baby shite.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:34 pm to jmon
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Now, stupid is a strong word, however, it is not the smartest thing you should be doing with children in the home.
Explain to me the scenario of how a kid, who doesn't have the physical ability to pull the slide back and chamber a bullet (I've let him try) could possibly accomplish it?
One, they don't know where the gun is (based on the responses, I may tell them though)
Two, they physically cannot chamber a bullet
Three, they are responsible, respect guns, and have shot everything from rifles, to shotguns, to my AR.
Four, they are never alone in the house unsupervised for more than a few minutes.
Five, with guests in the house (especially other kids) the gun is locked in the safe with the others.
Be real, what are the chances something happens? While I will agree that ANYTHING is possible, the chances that they kill themselves or someone else are beyond infinitesimal. I would argue that I take a much greater risk driving them to school each morning.
For my wife to say its "stupid" the gun is there in this scenario is, in itself, stupid and ignorant.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:37 pm to loopback
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Two, they physically cannot chamber a bullet
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(8,10,12yrs old)
you raised some soy baws?
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:38 pm to Chad504boy
May be softer than baby shite but I'm not gonna shite bricks over it either. Eyyyyy.
But yeah I don't see the point. Feel like there's gotta be a happy medium between keeping your gun locked up in a safe and sitting on top of the fridge. Assuming you don't live in El Salvador, the benefits of keeping it fully accessible probably aren't worth the risks. I dunno - that's your call. I always go by the thought that I am fully liable regardless of the circumstances.
Happy Friday OB. Reaching for something else at the fridge soon as I'm done with work. That I can promise.
But yeah I don't see the point. Feel like there's gotta be a happy medium between keeping your gun locked up in a safe and sitting on top of the fridge. Assuming you don't live in El Salvador, the benefits of keeping it fully accessible probably aren't worth the risks. I dunno - that's your call. I always go by the thought that I am fully liable regardless of the circumstances.
Happy Friday OB. Reaching for something else at the fridge soon as I'm done with work. That I can promise.
This post was edited on 2/12/21 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:43 pm to loopback
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not loaded. And it’s not “laying around the house” I
Yes it is. It isn't secured and it has bullets in it. The first thing anybody will do when they grab it is rack it and it will be hot.
Its a stupid thing to do.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:46 pm to loopback
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Explain to me the scenario of how a kid, who doesn't have the physical ability to pull the slide back and chamber a bullet (I've let him try) could possibly accomplish it?
You came to this board to ask a question, and my response was REAL. I am sorry that it doesn't fit your narrative. Truly, I could give two shits about you, but your children and your wife deserve a safer environment in which to carry on with their daily lives.
Buy, you do you, bro!
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:50 pm to jmon
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Explain to me the scenario of how a kid, who doesn't have the physical ability to pull the slide back and chamber a bullet (I've let him try) could possibly accomplish it?
Couldn't answer could you? Can't tell me how its not safe can you?
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:51 pm to loopback
I've always been very lenient when it came to guns with my kids, but I've been very adamant about what happens if other kids come over, which is almost never.
We have a dedicated gun room and I told them don't EVER let anyone in there.
We have a dedicated gun room and I told them don't EVER let anyone in there.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:53 pm to loopback
Don't get all pissy because you're not getting the justification you came here to get.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:54 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Don't get all pissy because you're not getting the justification you came here to get
I'm not pissy at all, I simply want to get an explanation of how this could possibly go south. No one has yet to tell me.Posted on 2/12/21 at 3:57 pm to loopback
eff all these dudes.
you need to know your situation.
you need to know your family.
i know my kids. I'm more worried about my 9 yr old stabbing himself with a kitchen knife or drinking my bourbon than i am about him touching my pistol. They've grown up with my pistols around the house. They see and live with them and think nothing of them.
to each their own, to each how you choose to raise your kids. to each to know what's best for themselves.
you need to know your situation.
you need to know your family.
i know my kids. I'm more worried about my 9 yr old stabbing himself with a kitchen knife or drinking my bourbon than i am about him touching my pistol. They've grown up with my pistols around the house. They see and live with them and think nothing of them.
to each their own, to each how you choose to raise your kids. to each to know what's best for themselves.
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