Well, I finally got to see the way a curious child's mind works. I have a 5 year old boy and as such, he loves wrestling and watching martial arts stuff, and of course, mimics everything he sees. He was playing with a pair of toy nunchucks, and me being the
has-been, wannabe Bruce Lee,showed him my real life 'chucks. The problem was, I had made a big secret about where I kept them, and asked him to leave the room while I dug them out of a drawer. We played a while and he got to see how Dad damages his knees and elbows with his martial arts skills(lol), and when he left the room, I put them away in the secret place and told him not to look 'cause he may hurt himself if he got them out. I know better than this.
No more than 5 minutes go by and I am in the shower, the wife comes into the bathroom and tells me about a certain 5 year old who she caught in my closet looking around for these 'chucks. She is more upset, 'cause some Christmas presents are hidden in the closet.
I have never made a big secret about my guns, the family knows the damage they can cause, and they know I wear one pretty much all the time, they know where the are stored and the kids know to keep their hands off unless supervised. I have never had the first problem with the curiosity thing and my firearms.
I always urge new gunowners to teach their family about firearms. How to be safe, and when it is appropriate to use them. Don't make a big secret and a source of curiosity.
It can kill more than a cat.
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So many a'holes-- so few bullets!------
Ford Fairlane
[This message has been edited by tatters (edited December 19, 1999).]
has-been, wannabe Bruce Lee,showed him my real life 'chucks. The problem was, I had made a big secret about where I kept them, and asked him to leave the room while I dug them out of a drawer. We played a while and he got to see how Dad damages his knees and elbows with his martial arts skills(lol), and when he left the room, I put them away in the secret place and told him not to look 'cause he may hurt himself if he got them out. I know better than this.
No more than 5 minutes go by and I am in the shower, the wife comes into the bathroom and tells me about a certain 5 year old who she caught in my closet looking around for these 'chucks. She is more upset, 'cause some Christmas presents are hidden in the closet.
I have never made a big secret about my guns, the family knows the damage they can cause, and they know I wear one pretty much all the time, they know where the are stored and the kids know to keep their hands off unless supervised. I have never had the first problem with the curiosity thing and my firearms.
I always urge new gunowners to teach their family about firearms. How to be safe, and when it is appropriate to use them. Don't make a big secret and a source of curiosity.
It can kill more than a cat.
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So many a'holes-- so few bullets!------
Ford Fairlane
[This message has been edited by tatters (edited December 19, 1999).]