It's funny, because when one of my boys was 6, he was shooting a .22 when we found out he was opposite eye dominant; gave us plenty of opportunity to work it out. I can still see him crossing his eye over the scope :D

Simply yet well stated Brother.

I was at a gun show here in MS back in Dec. A lady walked up to a dealer that I was talking to and asked if there was anyone at the gun show that sold gun safes, she wanted to get for her husband for Christmas so that he could lock up all of his guns. The dealer looked at her for a second and said, "Ma'am, why would he want to do that? It's like putting a lock on a fire extinguisher!"

Gun safety in my home. My wife knows where all guns are and where all the ammo is located. Most of my guns locked in a gun safe except for the personal protection firearms. They are loaded and the wife knows how to use them.
As for family they know how to use everyone safely, this includes my 2 grandsons who have safely fired all my guns.
As for other guests, keep out of the sensitive areas, doors are closed and they aren't allow in, Period.
Oh, Yes, wife is extremely adept with the aluminum ball bat by the bed.;)

same exact setup here

As a 11 year old boy I had my own guns, a browning 12 autoloader and a .22 rifle. Everything was always 'out'.
Teach your kid how to act around them. My brother (10th Gp) now a Detective has a 13 year old, he puts his service pistol on the kitchen counter, his boy knows you never, never touch Dad's gun.
I lock my guns up when out in a large safe bolted to the concrete floor....when home, they are out.
If I have to reach into a safe, or key a pad, I'm wasitng time.

I was never happier as a child, as I was when my father bought me a gun rack for my room. I was 12 and started hunting that year. The rack held three long guns and had sliding drawers on the bottom for boxes of ammo. No locks needed or warrented. We were simply taught to respect weapons, and when to use them, and to never play with them. I had a 22 rifle for small game, 16ga dbl barrel, and 32 win spcl for deer. The rack was full, and I didn't need or want anything else.

That, my friends, was freedom.

Same for me, though I was 11. Three weapons were in it: Savage .22 slide action (octagonal barrel), Stoeger Arms .22 bolt action, with bird shot adapter, and my first 'rifle': Daisy Red Ryder lever action "you'll shoot your eye out" (though I never did) BB gun.

I was free to go whenever I wished, accompanied or alone. I had to seek permission to access my step-dad's Remington 12 guage, and rarely did.

Birds in the barn were dispatched with the BB gun. Rabbits and other vermin in the growing Christmas trees were dispatched with .22 birdshot. Squirrels felt the wrath of the Savage. (No scopes... couldn't afford one, and would have laughed at anyone having one...)

I was 12 when I received my first rifle - my Dad's old deer gun - a Winchester 44-40...a pretty good brush gun with little recoil. I received my rifle in exchange for getting all "A's" on my report card for the year.

I was taught safe handling procedures, spent days at the range (sand pit with Dad) and was allowed to keep - my rifle - in my room. I was so proud. I was expected to keep it and my Dad's other rifles clean and oiled. Of course, I was also required to shine his shoes every Sunday night!

If I received all "A's" - next year -...then, I would get "cartridges" !! LOL !!!

BB guns - rifles and a CO2 pistol were already in my rotation.

Gun Safety in Tucson
 

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2013/03...nst-criminals/

TUCSON, Ariz. (CBS Las Vegas/AP) — A former mayoral candidate in Tucson, Ariz., is launching a privately funded program to provide residents of a crime-prone area with free shotguns so they can defend themselves against criminals.

Shaun McClusky says the program modeled after one recently launched in Houston would provide training and enough money to buy a basic shotgun to residents who pass background checks. McClusky’s program has so far raised $12,000.

McClusky says citizens need to do more to protect themselves because city government is failing to do the job.

“We need to take back our city, and it needs to come back to the citizens and not the criminals,” McClusky told the Arizona Daily Star. “Right now, the criminal element is winning.”

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