10-29-2015, 04:33 PM
Most any long gun would difficult for a child to use for the purposes of suicide. I think I read a kind of key phrase in that ordnance "When not within reach". Presumably that gives a path to have the weapon at hand and unlocked, on a nightstand or the like. One would still need to secure the weapon when leaving the room/house.
I don't count all my guns every day either, but I do know exactly where they are. Very few people in and out of our house and no kids, other than my grand kids once or twice. When they were here I did move the ones out in the open to somewhere unseen. So I don't worry much about a kid getting hold of any of them, if we had a break in, they would have to look except for the two on my desk, well they might have to look, the desk is a mess most of the time. House is alarmed and I have cameras up.
I am kind of with F.U., this seems to be mostly a feel good law, although it will doubtless stop a few killings, we will never know about those, no way to measure what didn't happen. I also see it as a set up for the next step should it prove ineffective "Now Lock all of them up all of the time"
I don't count all my guns every day either, but I do know exactly where they are. Very few people in and out of our house and no kids, other than my grand kids once or twice. When they were here I did move the ones out in the open to somewhere unseen. So I don't worry much about a kid getting hold of any of them, if we had a break in, they would have to look except for the two on my desk, well they might have to look, the desk is a mess most of the time. House is alarmed and I have cameras up.
I am kind of with F.U., this seems to be mostly a feel good law, although it will doubtless stop a few killings, we will never know about those, no way to measure what didn't happen. I also see it as a set up for the next step should it prove ineffective "Now Lock all of them up all of the time"