oneounceload
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Those are mutually exclusive sentences.
Depending on how old the kids, simply keeping it up high to locking it up or carrying it on your person when it's loaded come to mind as solutions
little kids in the house...revolver or semi auto?
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Those are mutually exclusive sentences.
Depending on how old the kids, simply keeping it up high to locking it up or carrying it on your person when it's loaded come to mind as solutions
Owen
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A seven year old will likely be able to operate any firearm.
FoMoGo
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My kinds have been handling, shooting, and cleaning my guns for years.
They know that after shooting comes the cleaning... it tends to temper the wanting to head to the range sometimes
Jim
They know that after shooting comes the cleaning... it tends to temper the wanting to head to the range sometimes
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Speaking of guns and impressing upon kids the destructive nature of them, when I was young my dad did something that I've never forgot. He took a can of tomato sauce, put it downrange about thirty feet and shot it with a 12 gauge. He told me, 'that's the kind of mess that will happen if you shoot a person with a gun'.
As for revolver or semi-auto, I'd pick revolver for two reasons:
1. Always easier to tell if they are loaded. You can hold the weapon properly and see the shells in the gun. I know the 'it's always loaded rule'...but we're talking kids here. A kid picks up the gun, knowing enough info to be dangerous, wants to check and see if its' loaded----well, much easier to tell with a wheel gun.
2. Manual of arms is easier. There is no having to remember 'is it drop the slide and rack the mag? or rack the slide and drop the mag? and then decock the hammer?
Kids with some info (enough to think they can operate the gun) can get confused with the details needed to run a semi-auto and get themselves hurt. A wheel gun is simple because if its' loaded, all you have to do is pull the trigger. To safe the weapon, hit the cylinder release and drop the cylinder out. Simple, easy, can't get confused about things.
That being said, the best choice is to have the gun locked up or out of reach of little hands. And yes, satisfy their curiosity and you'll have fewer problems. I've so far raised two daughters to adulthood with no mishaps and I'm have a 12 y/old and so far/so good.
As for revolver or semi-auto, I'd pick revolver for two reasons:
1. Always easier to tell if they are loaded. You can hold the weapon properly and see the shells in the gun. I know the 'it's always loaded rule'...but we're talking kids here. A kid picks up the gun, knowing enough info to be dangerous, wants to check and see if its' loaded----well, much easier to tell with a wheel gun.
2. Manual of arms is easier. There is no having to remember 'is it drop the slide and rack the mag? or rack the slide and drop the mag? and then decock the hammer?
Kids with some info (enough to think they can operate the gun) can get confused with the details needed to run a semi-auto and get themselves hurt. A wheel gun is simple because if its' loaded, all you have to do is pull the trigger. To safe the weapon, hit the cylinder release and drop the cylinder out. Simple, easy, can't get confused about things.
That being said, the best choice is to have the gun locked up or out of reach of little hands. And yes, satisfy their curiosity and you'll have fewer problems. I've so far raised two daughters to adulthood with no mishaps and I'm have a 12 y/old and so far/so good.
WardenWolf
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My honest opinion is that you should educate your children, but also take appropriate safety measures until they are old enough to have some basic sense. I believe any gun safe you use should have a biometric fingerprint scanner for instant access. The best design I have seen are those recessed wall safes where you press your thumb to the scanner and it instantly drops open. In an emergency, you may not have the focus, coordination, and time to operate a keypad, but a single action that allows immediate access to the firearm with no delay is fine. This also allows you keep it in ready-to-go condition.
IMTHDUKE
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Get which every meets your needs, however, secure whatever you choose from the kids. I have grand kids, so when they come all is under lock. I have a large safe downstairs and this is bolted to the top of my file cabinet in my office. I can access the guns in less that 2 seconds...biometric finger print opened.
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I share custody of my two kids with my ex. I do not keep loaded guns in the house when they're here. Instead, I keep a wakizashi and a long-bladed traditional tanto by the bed. Not the best weapons for home defense, true, but better than nothing. I have been teaching my kids not to touch my guns when they're here, and keep my UNLOADED northwest trade gun visible in a corner of my bedroom, in case they get the urge to touch a gun - and they have to ASK first. My oldest kid, my son, will be 4 in a few weeks, and isn't always the most obedient (my ex is a liberal who thinks spanking is child abuse), so until he's a bit older and I can take him and my daughter to the range for a demo, it's the sword/dagger combo when they're here.
Of course, when they're NOT here is another matter altogether. Can you say 1911-A1?
Of course, when they're NOT here is another matter altogether. Can you say 1911-A1?
Coal Dragger
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Well if I had small children in the house I would tend to lean towards revolving the tumblers in the lock and automatically placing all firearms in the safe when they were around and I couldn't supervise their every move.
See how clever I was in incorporating the base words of revolver and auto into my advice? I am truly brilliant.
See how clever I was in incorporating the base words of revolver and auto into my advice? I am truly brilliant.
macadore
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When my children were young my HD gun was a 1911 with a heavy recoil spring. I was the only person in the family who could rack the slide. I kept it with a full magazine and an empty chamber.
As was mentioned earlier, I told my children they could shoot anything I owned as long as I was with them. It took away the “forbidden fruit” aspect of shooting. My children preferred 22 LR's because they weren't as loud didn't have as much muzzle blast.
As was mentioned earlier, I told my children they could shoot anything I owned as long as I was with them. It took away the “forbidden fruit” aspect of shooting. My children preferred 22 LR's because they weren't as loud didn't have as much muzzle blast.
Any pistol will be dangerous around a small kid, if you carry the gun it should be with you at all times in the house and outside in a secured holster on your person and at night you should get one of the quick open security boxes, you can mount on your night stand.
I 'll be in the same position as you in about 1.5 yrs. and I'll have to make a lot of changes in the way I store guns and ammo
I 'll be in the same position as you in about 1.5 yrs. and I'll have to make a lot of changes in the way I store guns and ammo
texas bulldog
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As soon as your child is bright enough to open a door and move a chair, there is almost nothing they won't be able to access. For my daughter, who just turned 2, that time has already arrived. The only option at that point is to keep it locked up until such time that they are responsible enough that you would be comfortable with them having their own gun outside of your supervision. While I intend to educate my kids as best and as quickly as I can with regard to firearms, I imagine it will be man years before I can trust them unsupervised. Thus, in a safe or on my person are the only valid options.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Great article http://corneredcat.com/Kids/disarming.aspx
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