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Originally posted by smack
now i'm going to go out on a limb here and make a couple assumtions. i have my 9mm auto pistol sitting right here next to me. first off. it NEVER EVER sits around loaded unless it is in my holster in my pants. other than that the bullets are out and in a different place. secondly, for a 4 year to be able to shoot that gun, there HAD TO BE a round in the chamber. there's no way around it, a 4 year is NOT PHYSICALLY strong enough to cock a slide. it's not possible. which means that the parents have allowed a long string of dangerous situations to pile up before something bad happened.
rest assured, if and when i have kids several things will happen.
1.) they will know not to FUCK with dad's guns
2.) they will know how to safely operate and unload a firearm.
3.) i will NEVER EVER leave a loaded handgun, ESPECIALLY WITH A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, anywhere that a child could get their hands on it.
you know when i was a child alot of my friends parents had guns laying around in closets and attics. now here is the moral of the story. i was taught how to properly handle a gun, and i knew they were dangerous, and therefore NEVER fucked around.
so the moral of the story is, lock up the guns, and educate the kids.
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Agree on most points. I, like most people, have the belief that "my child knows better". She does not go anywhere near my closet without permission. Many children though will do things they know to be wrong when parents are not around. Therefore, my child is not left unsupervised, so she doesn't have the opportunity to make that mistake.
I also agree on the point about a round in the chamber....my gun doesn't have one in the chamber, and my child is not physically strong enough to pull the slide back.