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"the gun went off" I hate that phrase! It only perpetuates the FUD around firearms.
I have my first kid on the way...I'll have to make some important gun storage decisions here soon. But you can bet I'll be "gun proofing the kids"!
I agree education is critical, but with children so young, keeping weapons out of reach is priority #1.
Children at such a young age are going to make mistakes, and it's better for them not to have unsupervised access to weapons in the first place. You can't train every kid in the neighborhood to be safe around guns.
Just like anyone else, drill, drill, drill and they will remember. My brother-in-law teaches his kids (smallest is now 6) and takes them shooting frequently. They get so much interaction with it and safety drilling that they have no desire to even pick up a firearm unless it is at the range. They have no mystery to them. They know what destructive power the weapons have. My brother-in-law keeps his guns locked up in a gun safe but I seriously doubt that the kids (along with mine by the way) would even pick up a firearm without their parents present.Not really, as said earlier, 5 years old is not too young.
Here is a little fact for you. Many of the kids involved in shootings in the past ten years WERE educated about firearms. Trying to pretend it is only the ignorant children that make mistakes is foolish. Another fact is that in the two separate studies I saw where parents who said their kids were educated about firearms and knew what to do around them failed hidden camera tests when put in a situation where a gun was introduced around them and other children. If you you think education is a substitute for properly securing a firearm you are wrong. The parents afterwards always expressed their "shock" at the fact their seven year old wasn't able to perform as they expected. If a person is shocked by a kid acting like a kid then that person is a moron.THE ONLY WAY TO GUN PROOF A CHILD is to educate and include the child in the use of firearms. The greatest danger for a child and firearms is curiosity. A child that is around firearms the firearms are part of their normal world. Will not be the child trying to pick the lock on dads nighstand safe or digging around under the bed for the shotgun,
By age 5 my son was quite able to chew out adults for mishandling firearms and he did at more then one gun show. He had been shooting for a year already and knew all the rules of safe gun handling. In all the time he was living at home (almost 19 years) I never once worried about him at home with firearms. Cause if he wanted to shoot all he had to to was ask and he knew he could. I worried about his friends in high school but i knew that them being locked up would be sufficient. Since he would never go along with any thing they cooked up.
The Dad is paying for this big time. I can't imagine how it would feel to know that your child is dead and it is your fault.
Here is a little fact for you. Many of the kids involved in shootings in the past ten years WERE educated about firearms. Trying to pretend it is only the ignorant children that make mistakes is foolish. Another fact is that in the two separate studies I saw where parents who said their kids were educated about firearms and knew what to do around them failed hidden camera tests when put in a situation where a gun was introduced around them and other children. If you you think education is a substitute for properly securing a firearm you are wrong. The parents afterwards always expressed their "shock" at the fact their seven year old wasn't able to perform as they expected. If a person is shocked by a kid acting like a kid then that person is a moron.
Here is a little fact for you. Many of the kids involved in shootings in the past ten years WERE educated about firearms. Trying to pretend it is only the ignorant children that make mistakes is foolish. Another fact is that in the two separate studies I saw where parents who said their kids were educated about firearms and knew what to do around them failed hidden camera tests when put in a situation where a gun was introduced around them and other children. If you you think education is a substitute for properly securing a firearm you are wrong. The parents afterwards always expressed their "shock" at the fact their seven year old wasn't able to perform as they expected. If a person is shocked by a kid acting like a kid then that person is a moron.