GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

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You do both user. You [again not talking about you, just in general] act like a parent and teach the child values. You realize that a child of that age dont understand the difference between shooting someone in a video game and shooting them in real life. There is no reset button in life, like there is in a video game.

You also restrict access to firearms. Not to the point that the child never sees them. To the point where they cannot get ahold of that loaded firearm. Earlier in this thread when I stated that my grandson and I were having breakfast together and the loaded handgun that I carry daily was laying between us on the table, I did not mean he actually had access to it. Yes it was right there in front of him and yes it was loaded, but it was holstered in a high retention holster [it has a "lock" on it that unless you know where and what to push it cannot be unholstered] and if I were to get up from the table I would have removed it. My grandson is at that age where he wants to do everything, you know, get the milk, get the silverware, etc. So I let him and that makes him feel like more of a adult.

Is my way the right way for everyone? No, I would never say it is. I feel every parent, grand parent, or even guardian should evaluate the child's maturity level and decide for themselves. What is good for one is not good for all.

Why did you need a loaded gun on the table next to you when you having breakfast with your grandkid?

Its like you are expecting a PCP fuelled nigger with an UZI to come crashing through your front door at any second.

Are you that paranoid? You've get a gun under your pillow as well haven't you?

Since these seam to be legitimate questions I will answer them.


I had that pistol on the table because that is where I was at that time. I was not going to leave a loaded firearm in the other room where my granddaughter [because she was still asleep in the other room] could wake up and find it. It is my daily carry pistol and yes I do carry it every day from the time I put my belt on until the time it comes off. Then it gets placed on my nightstand. It is always loaded and holstered. I don't unholster it and unload it when it comes off, then reload it and reholster it when I put it on. The most dangerous time for a daily carry gun is during the holstering unholstering, loading unloading process. Most negligent discharges occur during that time so I reduce the risk by reducing the number of times that process takes place.


I am expecting no one to crash through my door, but I am always prepared for that scenario to happen [ there has ben 3 cases of firearms being discharged in my town in the last 5 days]. Since no one can see into the future one never knows when a bad person will do bad things, or where and when they will happen. I prefer to be prepared.


Paranoia and preparedness are two totally different things. And no I do not have a loaded gun under my pillow, that would be a stupid place to store one. My handgun is on my nightstand at night and I have a AR15 along my side of the headboard and a shotgun along my wifes side of the headboard. OMG!?!?!?, why all the firepower? Because my wife is a better shot and can handle a shotgun better and I am not always there when she is in bed. I work some work out of town sometimes where I do not come home for a week. The AR on my side of the bed because that is my preferred long gun and I that is what I am most proficient with. Are these firearms loaded? No, but the ammo is within reach should they need to be loaded in a seconds notice.