Who's right - me or the wife?

[Hotshot10]

Are you saying that all three were cases of parents putting a loaded gun on their night-table, and the kid came in while they slept and shot themselves? If not, perhaps it is implied that having the gun accessible in that way will cause you to leave it out all day, everyday, even when you're at work?

As I said before, we seem to be mixing things here, and equating having the gun on the night table while you're in the bedroom with "keeping a loaded gun where a 4 or 5 year old can get it." I'm not sure I agree that the cases are equivalent.

No, I'm saying that, as a general rule, unsecured firearms are a safety hazard with young kids.

 

[dougwx12]

This thread boggles my mind. Kids that age have poor impulse control, regardless of prior discipline. And there's more than one way to rack a slide; add a little mechanical advantage with a table edge...

Lock it up.

 

[Iramo94]

The wife.
/end thread

 

[danprkr]

You can be right, or you can be happy. And let me tell you keeping the one with the internal plumbing happy is the way to be happy yourself. Just saying.

And of course you could buy, as someone else pointed out, one of those small bedside safes that keys on your fingerprint etc. Best of both worlds.

 

[AKElroy]

Someone mentioned earlier this is about evaluating liklyhoods, and I agree. Would I leave a gun out during unattended? Never. Next to a bed I am sleeping in? Of course, I do it every night. For those so foccussed on the potential harm, what about the car keys, knives, outlets, choking hazards, draino, clorox, heights, (my sons window is 25' off the ground).

Safety can be taught, and it must be. Develope a proper plan and take reasonable precautions. As for me, I have a gun next to the bed at night.

 

[GEM]

When our kid was little we took care of all those hazards. Lots of kids poison themselves.

However, no need to stand in the way of Darwinian selection for some.

Sufficient locks and alarms should give you enough time to retrieve a firearm at night.

 

[Vermonter]

http://fortknox.epromo.com/product.i?sku=HANDGUNSAFEPISTOLBOX

No batteries or key required. I practice opening it a couple times per day.

 

[Cluster Bomb]

either get a nightstand that has a drawer or get a fingerprint gun case.

My pal just turns his nightstand around so drawer is facing the wall with room to pull it out.

My wife wasnt happy when i had guns laying around, then i got cases for them.


you can get a trigger lock, just as easy as a safe/case

 

[MrsSmith]

When my kids were little I kept my HD gun in the nightstand while sleeping and on me or up high and near at hand during the day. When the boys got older, although I did teach them both a healthy respect for guns, there were 3 to 10 other boys in my house as well at any given time. Easier and safer to just put it up during the day, lock my bedroom door at night. Putting it up meant somewhere teenage boys would never venture - tampon box under master bathroom sink. Daughter found it one time and we had a good laugh over it.

On a side note, ex had bad habit of insisting gun and magazine not be stored together and would hide mag, once in the pocket of some item of clothing hanging in his closet. Imagine the surprise of the GoodWill worker who checked pockets and found that. Do you think that counts as a charitable donation for my taxes?

 

[Loosedhorse]

Would I leave a gun out during unattended? Never. Next to a bed I am sleeping in? Of course, I do it every night.

+1.