Kids And Guns In The Home

[motorgod]

ATLANTA - About 1.7 million U.S. children live in homes that have loaded and unlocked guns, according to what is described as the first comprehensive survey of gun storage in homes across the country.

Nationally, 33 percent of adults said they kept firearms in or around their home. The highest percentage was in Wyoming, where 63 percent said they had firearms. The lowest percentage was reported in the District of Columbia, where 5 percent reported having guns at home. The district has long-standing bans on handguns and semiautomatic weapons.

No need to wonder why DC has one of the highest murder rates....no law abiding citizen can protect themselves. Only the crooks have guns....so much for banning handguns.

Think I'll move to Wyoming when I retire.

BTW..make that 1.7 million and 2, and they both know how to use them.

Long live the 2nd Amendment....and the NRA

 

[Thug]

Hear Hear!

I wish we had the NRA here it's getting that way that you have to use hand to what ever they have or you'll get arrested! It's just a ******* joke!

 

[Geezer]

ATLANTA - About 1.7 million U.S. children live in homes that have loaded and unlocked guns,

The solution is to teach the children how to behave when they see a gun. Remove the taboo. Introduce them to the capabilities of firearms and let them see first hand what they can do (shooting a cabbage with a shotgun makes the point). When too young to handle a gun they should be taught to to not touch, tell an adult, etc. The Eddie Eagle program.

As soon as they are old enough to safely shoot they should be introduced to the rules of safe gun handling and allowed to shoot, supervised, whenever they ask to. As long as the mystery and taboo are removed the carelessness associated with the combination of ignorance and natural curiosity are also removed.

Regardless of what any individual thinks about guns, there is no way to guarantee that a child, your child, will never see one in someone's home and have the opportunity to pick it up. The smart thing is to make sure they know what to do when that opportunity arises.

 

[fastersilverfjr]

Shot gun under the bed ready to go. Kids know it is there and know that their survival depends on them not going near it. My kids start shoting at 10 years old. My son has already shot an SKS, 12 gauge pump, and .22 rifle...10 years old. Ensure they understand and there is no problem. My daughter has handled several guns, but not shot any yet...8 years old next month.

I shot my first rifle at 8 years old and got my first gun, a .22 rifle, at 10 years old. Fired several guns by the time of I was 12 and went hunting for the first time at 9 years old with my pellet gun until I got a .22 at 10 years old. I would hunting a few times a week after school. Bring home and clean squirrel all the time. Good eating. Went deer hunting for the first time at 12 years old with a 16 gauge and got my first deer that year.

Guns are simpy tools. You can kill yourself with a saw, too.

 

[moby one]

The solution is to teach the children how to behave when they see a gun.

My boy, now 6 years old has had his Red Rider for about a year. I have taken many courses over the years and he is getting lessons that I never got. He has gotten to the point where he is correcting me on keeping the safety on and eye protection.

All of my guns are locked up in some shape or form if ya know what i mean.

Shoot straight and keep 'em in the 10 ring.

 

[BigAl]

I have a buddy who's dad built me a gun drawer that I mounted to my bed frame. It's spring loaded and has a key lock. The key only comes out of the lock when it is in the locked position, so you can't leave the house with your keys if the thing isn't locked. If you turn the key to unlock it, the drawer springs open, clearing the bed, and your gun is right there at your fingertips. It's pretty cool design, and I think he wound up getting a patent for it and selling it to a company that builds gun cases and safes.

Its great, becasue you can't see it (that girlie dust ruffle actually is useful), most people wouldn't know to look for it, and even if they found it, unless they brought a pretty decent set of tools, or a good set of lock picks, they aren't going to get it open. I guess they could disassemble the bed and take the whole bed frame rail with them, with the drawer hanging off of it too.

Too bad I now live in a city where you cannot own a gun. If there's ever trouble, its a 300 mile drive each way to mom's house to get it. Now THAT's a cooling off period.

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the

Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, that gives a firearm

death rate of 60 per 100,000. The rate in Washington DC is 80.6 per 100,000.

That means that you are 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our

Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the

nation, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington, DC

I know this has little to do with the thread, but I thought it was "sadly amusing". (if you don't laugh you cry) Must be Bush's fault somehow.

 

[throttlejockeyTJ]

fastersilverfjr +1

 

[DrEvil777]

I married the daughter of a US Navy Officer and she is adamantly opposed to firearms. It was her mistake to marry someone raised in rural Arizona who was raised shooting one Sunday a month with my dad and my brothers. First rifle at 10 years old, first pistol at 13!

We have argued for 12 years. I have a safe set in the floor with the pistols and a Benelli M1 tactical in the closet, loaded of course!

About two months ago we heard a noise in the middle of the night and what sounded like someone outside our window. I rolled out with the Benelli and the maglight. Turned out to be a neighbor teenager, drunk and trying to climb into my daughters window thinking it was his house. After scareing a little "sobriety" into the boy, I walked him home.

My wife may hate guns but she recognizes the need. And regardless of what she says, my daughter will learn both how to shoot and how to ride! My daughter is my flesh and blood, i am only married to my wife!

Education is the key. The NRA works hard to promote safety and gun awareness.

And I have been eyeballing Wyoming for retirement for several years. My buddy from college is a lawyer just south of Jackson. Only problem is no riding motorcyles for a large part of the year. :angry:

 

[BobbyBlue]

I totally support kids and gum in the home. This should ,of course, be sugarless gum but they need something to chew on ...by God ! We cant very well expect 'em to eat sweet tarts all the time then go to school so "high" on sugar they dont score well on the testing for the day now can we...Sheeeze...some people ! I hate to name names but Trident has some outstanding bubble gum flavored gum. Of course when I was little we had to settle for the red wax that came of my parents cheese...kids today are much more fortunate ! And peanut butter will get it out of the carpets or the cats fur...ya ever see a cat chew gum?

Anyways, count me in on the kids and gum in the home fellas !

Bobby

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

One of my favorite songwriters is a fairly liberal guy that...omg...staunchly supports the 2nd admendment and its equivalent in Canada. He said, "Something just isn't right about only the people in control of the government having weapons. I've seen too many governments to think that a public should be disarmed."

My problem is this. We have the right to have a militia and where the heck is that. A militia has the right to arm itself...small arms don't cut it anymore...so when is my Orangevale Militia Stinger Missle training? Common guys...we gave up the 2nd Amendment as it became outdated by technology and assault weapon bans. It's ********. Having a gun for home protection and fun is all good but the 2nd is for a militia to protect ourselves from enemies both foreign and DOMESTIC.

In other words, we were supposed to be able to fire the government and by force if necessary. Am I wrong here? Just the way I see it. Freedoms have been eeked away from us as time goes on. Some great things have happened, mostly from grass roots protesting (suffrage, civil rights etc.) So...maybe we all need to park M1's in our front yards as a protest for the 2nd. Then there is the death of the local militia, huge tax increases (the brits were nice compared to this) and crap like people thinking the government owes them subsistence. Driving is a priviledge not a right. WHAT? So if I drive, and I don't hurt anyone, but I don't have a license I am in trouble. Okay...makes sense right? Well...there goes another freedom. Dang...freedom...we have given it up and we certainly have given up the intent of the 2nd.

nevermind...I'm three Scotches into the night, done with my work and crying for freedom. Time to go listen to "Rebel Music"

Gum is allowed in my house too Bobby.

 

[DrEvil777]

Guns in my house are readily accessible.

Gum is under lock and key! Every try to get gum out of burber carpet? It's worse than blood...

 

[DrEvil777]

Guns in my house are readily accessible.

Gum is under lock and key! Every try to get gum out of burber carpet? It's worse than blood...

 

[BobbyBlue]

Doc, have you been bringin' work home again ?

Bobby

 

[nusman68]

Concur...education is the key! I was taught at a young age to respect firearms; in my case it was 'produce' being shot-up with .22 hollow points; good fun, and the visual impact made its point. As an adult I have educated my daughter about firearm safety; (which she has appreciated) and even though she is busy in college at this time, when she is in town we try to fit in some range time. Over the last several years, there have been 2 instances I personally know of (a co-worker who had a break-in, a relative who was *almost* attacked by a rapist) where having a firearm in hand stopped a crime in progress, with no shots fired. It may be unfortunate we have to have such a deterrent, but nonetheless it prevented bodily injury of the innocent; police just can't be everywhere all the time, despite what the media would have us all believe.

Oh, and to Bobby--

Yes, I agree; my gum of choice is a Wrigley .357 or Trident .40 S&W

I would like to take up 'sporting clays'; have only done that once, much fun!

 

[galxy5]

I personaly like Big Red

you know,, the big red dot from the laser sight on my Remington 870 Special Purpose

 

[Centerline]

Yesiree, got to love the equalizing protection offered by a trusty 12 ga.!

If the spine tingling sound of the action doesn/t stop an identified bad guy in their tracks....the next-last sound they hear WILL.

Quietly opened my front door one evening about 20 years ago to confront some thug attempting to break into my Corvette. The sound of the shotgun action caused the ******* to pee his pants and freeze in place til the cops came.

 

[Timbo2015]

Children and guns. What a topic. I am vehemently opposed to them. They have caused more pain, suffering, and heartache than can be imagined. The losses, both pschychological and financial, are staggering. There are numerous national organizations promoting their worth, foisting their costs upon the rest of us. Don't bother preaching to me with your trite catch phrases, my mind is made up. NO CHILDREN IN MY HOUSE. (I do own lots of guns, though)

 

[boardsNbikes]

No kids of my own but two comments: 1) I used to tell all overnight adult guests to assume every firearm in the house was unlocked and loaded, and 2) if visiting guests had children, all the firearms went into a lockable closet while a Para P14 went into my nightstand for the night.

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