Spieler
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I had an experience at home the other day that I haven't been able to get out of my head. Help me out here.
I was putting on my CCW (G17 in paddle FOBUS) and my two-and-a-half year old daughter walks in, points to my weapon and says...
"Is that daddy's gun?" to which I reply in the affirmative and then she says "I like daddy's gun" and "daddy's gun is pretty"!
My wife and I are happy she can recite her ABCs, but now she's asking about my guns already? Now please understand that my weapons are kept in a safe and my CCW/home defense gun is properly stored when at home so that the child (hopefully) cannot access it, but she certainly knows what guns are already and I guess I was just a bit shocked when she said what she did. I have made no attempt to hide or conceal them from her, but she is still too young to understand what guns can do and she isn't allowed to touch them.
So, should I be worried about this? Will she blurt out to other kids that daddy wears a gun? What about when she starts daycare or school? Worst of all....what if this means she will develop a passion for guns and RKBA issues and want guns of her own someday?
I was putting on my CCW (G17 in paddle FOBUS) and my two-and-a-half year old daughter walks in, points to my weapon and says...
"Is that daddy's gun?" to which I reply in the affirmative and then she says "I like daddy's gun" and "daddy's gun is pretty"!
My wife and I are happy she can recite her ABCs, but now she's asking about my guns already? Now please understand that my weapons are kept in a safe and my CCW/home defense gun is properly stored when at home so that the child (hopefully) cannot access it, but she certainly knows what guns are already and I guess I was just a bit shocked when she said what she did. I have made no attempt to hide or conceal them from her, but she is still too young to understand what guns can do and she isn't allowed to touch them.
So, should I be worried about this? Will she blurt out to other kids that daddy wears a gun? What about when she starts daycare or school? Worst of all....what if this means she will develop a passion for guns and RKBA issues and want guns of her own someday?