I'm 64 and carry 24/7 and never put my finger on the trigger except when I want to shoot something. My Uncles were all ex servicemen and mostlly Marines, one was a competition shooter and a gunsmith, They were much more vigilant about safety than the youg kids I see today.I am afraid to shoot at a public range. Most were never in the military and have no clue other than what some other guy told them. I think that sort of thinking is skewed. Most older men who shoot have a military background and are more knowledgebale about guns in general. My uncles were building 45's 50 years ago. I was shooting against the FBI and NYPD in the 70's. Upstate on their range. I don't believe that younger shooters other than ex military, snipers and special ops are any safer than anyone else.Just as many cops I hung with were not into guns at all.Most still don't get enough practice, and will never use their weapon.In my house if you failed to checck a gun handed to you, you got slapped off your chair. It didn't matter who checked it before you or in front of you. My uncle was a DI, and he would take some of my friends, also young servicemen shooting, in Glen head LI, to a private range, and even after explaining this they still would fail to check the weapon. It was embarassing but they took it, because it taught them once and for all.