04-20-2013, 09:53 AM
(04-19-2013, 09:57 PM)username Wrote: Serious question. What are the odds that you would use your guns to defend your house vs. the odds of a gun accident where one of your kids were harmed?
Currently, zero. The kids are too small, the guns are locked and physically out of reach for them.
But from a fatality standpoint, unintentional drowning is far and away more of a risk to children 14 and younger than unintentional firearm death.
So just as you have to fence in a pool and teach your kids to swim, you must do the same if you make the decision to have firearms in your home.
When they get older, I'll teach them about gun safety and how to handle firearms.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was similar to something FU said... removing the mystery and secrecy about a gun is the best way to keep kids from being interested in them. When they want to handle or look at a gun, let them - every time they ask. Within a short period of time, it will be like every other item in the house they are around and they won't be as interested.