3 year old toddler shoots mother in knee

[pax]

Now you've taught him that your P11 isn't an adults-only thing and he can pick it up. How do you know he won't when it's loaded and chambered and you just set it down from your belt or something for a second? I would have been like "NEVER touch this one..."

ManedWolf ~

Differences of opinion about that. Absolutely agree that "STOP, don't touch, leave the area, tell an adult" are the best rules for kids.

But see http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2088558&postcount=20 for why & how you might hand a firearm to a small child. Defanging their curiousity is an important part of the safety process, making it rather more likely that they'll obey the "don't touch!" rules when you aren't around.

pax

 

[MechAg94]

Well, I was raised around guns, but my Dad didn't leave them on the couch. Kind of a big difference I guess. I always had older brothers around also so that is a little different.