Rockmom, I hope your feeling better.(tooth)

 

A 3 year old would not have been taught how to use or load the weapon safely. Someone in the house neglected to keep the gun and ammo(I assume the gun was already loaded with the safety off)separate and away (locked up) from the young child. This is why parents and gun owners really have to think about the what if's............................?

 

Agree 100%

Glad to see you answered my questions and kept your contributions to the level of excellence I've come to expect from such a great person.

 

To the part where you address my family -- I haven't ridiculed anyone for having guns in this thread. I actually said I firmly support 2nd amendment rights...

 

I disagree so I'm a bad person? :lol:

 

So you support the 2nd ammendment, but criticize people for having guns in the house but you supposedly leave your guns at families homes. Basically you agree with what friends and family do. But if you don't like the person or they don't agree with you, they are wrong or bad people. What a joke.

 

For those who are against guns in your home. Don't have them.

 

For those who are against guns in your home. Don't have them.

 

I don't.

Are your guns and ammo in separate locations? I'm truly innocently asking.

 

Mine are in seperate locations but I can get to them very quickly. I have no kids living in my house. When I do get visitors with young children, the guns and ammo are locked in my gun safe. Combination lock also a key lock. When my visitors leave I put them back where I had them.

 

Speaking of kids and safety, a buddy of mine was at his house shaving one morning before work. His wife called him in the kitchen for something. The next thing he saw was his two year old daughter running through the house with his straight razor in her hand. In just that little time, she had grabbed that straight razor off the vanity (he didn't even realize that he layed the razor down) and was playing "catch me if you can". True story. If you got kids you have to be alert, for sure.

This I agree with. And I'm not opposed to people exercising their 2nd amendment right. I object strenuously to the carelessness and blase attitude with which people treat gun safety.

Personally, if they don't go hand in hand, the gun owner is a moron.

 

I will say this, taking the Concealed course is a step in the direction of safety and proper safe ownership and stewardship a gun owner should feel obligated to attain.

I don't.

 

And that's your right. I don't criticize you for it. It's a matter of choice. But to criticize those who lawfully own guns, we shouldn't have to justify why we have them or be put down for having them.

 

Evidence to back up this attack?

 

Wasn't an attack so much as a guess. Relax.

 

And that's your right. I don't criticize you for it. It's a matter of choice. But to criticize those who lawfully own guns, we shouldn't have to justify why we have them or be put down for having them.

 

Hey...I don't mind that you own, carry...whatever. Just don't do anything stupid, 'cause then you're fair game.

Personally, if they don't go hand in hand, the gun owner is a moron.

 

I will say this, taking the Concealed course is a step in the direction of safety and proper safe ownership and stewardship a gun owner should feel obligated to attain.

Completely agree! There are plenty of knuckleheads who have no business possessing firearms. When I was a kid I was raised to respects guns. I was not allowed to touch a gun till I got my orange card. All the guns in my house growing up were broken down and made safe and I was allowed to look at them. Took out all the curiosity. It's the parents job to educate on gun safety for starters. I agree with if someone wants to own a gun they should take a gun safety course.

Hey...I don't mind that you own, carry...whatever. Just don't do anything stupid, 'cause then you're fair game.

I assure you, I'm under more scrutiny than 99.9% of the population :lol:. Guns in the hands of people who don't know what they are doing is terrifying.

Completely agree! There are plenty of knuckleheads who have no business possessing firearms. When I was a kid I was raised to respects guns. I was not allowed to touch a gun till I got my orange card. All the guns in my house growing up were broken down and made safe and I was allowed to look at them. Took out all the curiosity. It's the parents job to educate on gun safety for starters. I agree with if someone wants to own a gun they should take a gun safety course.

 

I think a gun safety course should be a condition of ownership, and that carelessness should be a crime.

I think a gun safety course should be a condition of ownership, and that carelessness should be a crime.

 

I agree with A. Hard to determine B.

 

I agree with A. Hard to determine B.

 

It could be. But at the very least a minimal mandatory charge should be imposed until a complete and thorough investigation is done.

I will tell this little story. When I was a boy, I was hunting(after begging for months) with my dad for squirrels and had my .410 shotgun in tow for the first time. I had been with him many times before without a weapon. He'd taught me by example and word how to respect the weapon, how to carry it, deal with fences, etc.

 

Short story long, I managed while walking to have the barrel pointing in his direction. The hammer wasn't in the fire position but it didn't matter. He took the shotgun from me without having to say a peep, we walked about a mile and a half all the way back to the truck and he told me that I wouldn't go back again until I learned how to respect the firearm.

 

I NEVER forgot that lesson. NEVER. And I passed that one along to mine.

I will tell this little story. When I was a boy, I was hunting(after begging for months) with my dad for squirrels and had my .410 shotgun in tow for the first time. I had been with him many times before without a weapon. He'd taught me by example and word how to respect the weapon, how to carry it, deal with fences, etc.

 

Short story long, I managed while walking to have the barrel pointing in his direction. The hammer wasn't in the fire position but it didn't matter. He took the shotgun from me without having to say a peep, we walked about a mile and a half all the way back to the truck and he told me that I wouldn't go back again until I learned how to respect the firearm.

 

I NEVER forgot that lesson. NEVER. And I passed that one along to mine.

 

I also learned about guns growing up. My dad, grandfathers and uncles all had shotguns and rifles. Heck, my uncles had gun racks in their trucks. And to be honest, I don't hear nearly the number of accidental shootings with rifles and shotguns that I hear involving handguns. I worry that people are too blase about handguns.