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ccrn · 01-17-2013, 14:26

Greetings All
I dont have a gun culture in my home even though I have been in the Army for 8 years now and combat arms the entire time. My children know I carry and that I believe strongly in 2nd Ammendment rights etc (and all rights for that matter).

Having said that we take safety very seriously. The steps I have taken are as follows:

All firearms have their bolts removed and are in a heavy safe in the basement. The heavy safe is covered with a cardboard box so it isnt such an attractive "to go" box for burglers.

I maintain positive control of firearms period. There are no handguns left laying around my house, bedside table, under pillow etc. If I do disarm, handguns go in the safe. If a handgun is ever to be left out of a safe it is dissassembled and the pin goes into my pocket even if that means me taking a shower (pants folded on the floor of course).

All children have been through hunter safety.

All children get the "what if" talk about guns in friends homes.

All childrens friends parents are spoken with about guns in the home, computers, and what our rules are.

When we go out to eat, movie or elsewhere Ill often ask my children or wife a hypothetical active shooter problem for the room we are in and see what they would do. I point out exits, and evasion etc.

When I was a child a teenasge next door neighbor blew his friends arm off with his fathers shotgun (the kid died). I tell that story to my children and show them every story of firearm and handgun stupidity local to our area.

I bought a few gun - trigger locks including the ones the local police were issueing free, and promptly destroyed each one within 5 minutes. Something my 10 year old boy could easily duplicate. I did that demonstration at the local police station with their trigger and a plastic M9 much to their dismay.

I have more to learn Im sure. This is a great thread and a subject that can never be too old or unworthy.

In fact, I have been thinking of printing out afirearm safety flyer and distributing them in my neighborhood with bullet points from this thread and elsewhere.

Thanks all-
v/r

01-17-2013, 14:26	#33
ccrn Guerrilla Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Event Horizon... Posts: 383	Greetings All I dont have a gun culture in my home even though I have been in the Army for 8 years now and combat arms the entire time. My children know I carry and that I believe strongly in 2nd Ammendment rights etc (and all rights for that matter). Having said that we take safety very seriously. The steps I have taken are as follows: All firearms have their bolts removed and are in a heavy safe in the basement. The heavy safe is covered with a cardboard box so it isnt such an attractive "to go" box for burglers. I maintain positive control of firearms period. There are no handguns left laying around my house, bedside table, under pillow etc. If I do disarm, handguns go in the safe. If a handgun is ever to be left out of a safe it is dissassembled and the pin goes into my pocket even if that means me taking a shower (pants folded on the floor of course). All children have been through hunter safety. All children get the "what if" talk about guns in friends homes. All childrens friends parents are spoken with about guns in the home, computers, and what our rules are. When we go out to eat, movie or elsewhere Ill often ask my children or wife a hypothetical active shooter problem for the room we are in and see what they would do. I point out exits, and evasion etc. When I was a child a teenasge next door neighbor blew his friends arm off with his fathers shotgun (the kid died). I tell that story to my children and show them every story of firearm and handgun stupidity local to our area. I bought a few gun - trigger locks including the ones the local police were issueing free, and promptly destroyed each one within 5 minutes. Something my 10 year old boy could easily duplicate. I did that demonstration at the local police station with their trigger and a plastic M9 much to their dismay. I have more to learn Im sure. This is a great thread and a subject that can never be too old or unworthy. In fact, I have been thinking of printing out afirearm safety flyer and distributing them in my neighborhood with bullet points from this thread and elsewhere. Thanks all- v/r __________________ -Air in, blood out- Last edited by ccrn; 01-17-2013 at 14:30.
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