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Originally Posted by Old Dog New Trick
My wife has known me long enough to always sit with her back to the door in a public area, it's nice not having to explain - hypotheticals. I hope someday you get there too. 
Again, YMMV and that's okay.  |
After 22 months in Iraq and Afghanistan my wife and children know exactly where I want to sit no matter where we are, trust me.
Both you and the Colonel make some interesting points to be sure.
But I have no need to keep loaded firearms unattended all over my house. I am
always armed meaning my firearm is on my person .So you see, I always have "immediate access" to a functioning firearm.
I believe in positive control of firearms as I learned in the Infantry, and just as I continue to learn from the 18 series types (and others) I live with, work, and fight for.
I also do not believe any 5 year old child, no matter who his or her father, is mature enough to understand with true depth and weight the repercussions of his or her actions fully (with respect to grave consequences) let alone able to concieve their own mortality or that of others.
For that matter most of the 18-25 year olds I served with in Iraq couldnt conceive their own mortality even when some of us began to be killed.
Firearms that arent being carried etc in my honest opinion should be dissassembled and locked.
As far as my children being allowed to play in someones home that has unattended loaded guns laying around: no, I would not permit that if I was informed thus able to make that decision-
Respectfully