Julius Caesar
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I have 3 guns, a Ruger 10/22, and two handguns. I have a small personal combination safe, I keep the handguns and ammo in the safe and keep the 10/22 with a trigger/action lock, but the key is locked in the safe. The keys to the safe are kept out of the house.
I have a small child and possibly more on the way in the next few years. I have read a lot of horrible stories about kids accidentally getting guns and causing death or injury. Seems most/all of these tragedies occur because of a parent who keeps a gun accessible. I.e. a gun a parent thinks is hidden but really is not. Sadly, it seems like most of these tragedies were easily avoidable by simply locking the guns.
I am curious what the parents here who own guns do. I have heard on Project ChildSafe that the gun should be locked twice, and the ammo stored in a separate safe. That seems a but excessive to me, as I don't see how a child could get into a locked safe in the first place.
How sophisticated is a child? Could a child conceivable pick a lock or short circuit a safe to open it?
I have a small child and possibly more on the way in the next few years. I have read a lot of horrible stories about kids accidentally getting guns and causing death or injury. Seems most/all of these tragedies occur because of a parent who keeps a gun accessible. I.e. a gun a parent thinks is hidden but really is not. Sadly, it seems like most of these tragedies were easily avoidable by simply locking the guns.
I am curious what the parents here who own guns do. I have heard on Project ChildSafe that the gun should be locked twice, and the ammo stored in a separate safe. That seems a but excessive to me, as I don't see how a child could get into a locked safe in the first place.
How sophisticated is a child? Could a child conceivable pick a lock or short circuit a safe to open it?