Titan6
member
I am getting ready to make a trip out of town on business and won't be back for about a year and half. I am considering allowing my son to keep his .22 in his room for self defense if needed with a full magazine. He is very smart and responsible but will still be only 10 when I leave. This is fully in compliance with all state and local laws. We will be changing residence shortly before I leave.
He has had the NRA safety course (and is a proud member) and is a decent enough shot to hit a pie plate a 100 yards with his scoped Ruger. He has probably shot about 3-4K rounds and knows fully the functioning, disassmebly and cleaning of his rifle. We have done zero training on self defense measures but there is still plenty of time before I leave.
The house the family will be living in while I am gone is in a fairly remote area with no neighbors within 3/4 of a mile. While crime is low it is certainly not unheard of in the area. They will be near a highway that sees a lot of seasonal transient traffic on foot in the spring and fall. When we lived there previously there was one theft of some outside property and on at least three occasions people came to the door asking for water or money or odd jobs. It is not unusual for the police to take 25 minutes to arrive for a routine call.
The wife is well armed but my concern is she would be the only armed person in the house. In the only incident where she had to drive off an unfriendly; the person was gone by the time she got her gun out.
This is a tough call for me make. I had a soldier whose son commited suicide unexpectedly and have always been extra cautious with my kids. I would mostly like to know if anyone else out there allows their kids to keep guns and ammo on hand for self defense emergencies and how their experiences have been? If so any suggestions at all would be helpful. Negative repsonses are also appreciated with reasonings as well. Factual information on the subject would be most helpful.
He has had the NRA safety course (and is a proud member) and is a decent enough shot to hit a pie plate a 100 yards with his scoped Ruger. He has probably shot about 3-4K rounds and knows fully the functioning, disassmebly and cleaning of his rifle. We have done zero training on self defense measures but there is still plenty of time before I leave.
The house the family will be living in while I am gone is in a fairly remote area with no neighbors within 3/4 of a mile. While crime is low it is certainly not unheard of in the area. They will be near a highway that sees a lot of seasonal transient traffic on foot in the spring and fall. When we lived there previously there was one theft of some outside property and on at least three occasions people came to the door asking for water or money or odd jobs. It is not unusual for the police to take 25 minutes to arrive for a routine call.
The wife is well armed but my concern is she would be the only armed person in the house. In the only incident where she had to drive off an unfriendly; the person was gone by the time she got her gun out.
This is a tough call for me make. I had a soldier whose son commited suicide unexpectedly and have always been extra cautious with my kids. I would mostly like to know if anyone else out there allows their kids to keep guns and ammo on hand for self defense emergencies and how their experiences have been? If so any suggestions at all would be helpful. Negative repsonses are also appreciated with reasonings as well. Factual information on the subject would be most helpful.