Originally Posted by
horsepwr
yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Being your children aren't "acclimated", I guess is a word I could use. But, kids will learn to not touch guns just like scissors, kitchen knives, etc...They get it. From growing up around guns, and all my friends the same. We knew the absolute grave danger that's possible with guns...heck...I guess we learnthat very early, because I can only remember to never touch the guns from the earliest memory. But, in growing up acclimated to firearms. By the time I was your sons age, I was taking the guns out and cleaning them myself. I think I was 8 or 9 when I got my 1st 20ga shotgun. I was hunting with a 410 pump a few years before I got the 20ga.
Take, my daughter, for instance. She will not even look at the guns. She knows not to mess with a gun, or kitchen knives, and such. Those are just things she was taught, just as she was learning other life lessons, such as potty training, and all the essential that you train a child. Training her on guns was just another training point. She got it, and gets it well. She's 6 now, and I'm about to get her one of those little Cricket .22lr (long rifle), but it's a little bolt action, single shot, short rifle made for kids her age. Perfect for teaching firearms fundamentals with, just as my father taught me. I think we all start out with a .22 rifle.
But, with your situation. I think a safe with that instant quick opener would be suitable. It's never too late to start with the training your children so it's not an issue, or constant worry for them finding the guns. Kids that are taught well will understand the serious nature with firearms, and will not touch them. They don't wanna shoot themselves.
Do what you're comfortable with, of coarse that goes without saying. Just stay in your comfort zone, because if you aren't 100% sure with your children. Then you go with your instincts. again, of course.
Pistols are a whole nother level because of how easy it is to pick up, and turn it on themselves, and touch the wrong thing. So that would be the strictest of lectures, to begin with. And again. They don't wanna hurt themselves at all. Especially don't wanna feel a hot bullet. They will understand. TV helps with that. They see what guns do in Hollywood. which is far from real. But, they get the severity pretty easily.
It's so nice to know that you're going about it with such caution, and care. You will be a very good teacher for them. When the time comes.