Comments on: Raising Children in a World of Guns

By: LEE MORIN

LEE MORIN — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 23:30:52 +0000

I COULD NOT AGREE, MORE WITH THIS STORY. WITH THAT SAID ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE SHOWN THE PROPER WAY TO HANDLE A FIREARM.

By: Ray Taylor

Ray Taylor — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:30:10 +0000

Very good advise, very well written should be mandatory teaching sy every grade level.

By: a_manzi

a_manzi — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:51:07 +0000

You not only have to teach about gun safety but also about ammunition. As a 12-13 age a fiend took a bullet and put it in a vise and hit the end of the bullet with a hammer. The result was part of the bullet (22) case going thru his cheek, it could have been worse.

By: carl

carl — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:31:36 +0000

I agree with you 100 % without a doubt! Education of the safety rules of a gun and checking the chamber to make sure it is not loaded should be taught to children also, how to release the magazine.

By: Baron

Baron — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:44:10 +0000

As a senior citizen who lives with his firearm-trained wife and no one else in the house, I still keep all my staged firearms with combination-coded trigger locks or cable locks (all set to the same combination) except those in the master suite, the main purpose being so no home invader can find and use the firearm against me. It also provides gun safety at the same time. When we have guests, young or old, staying in the home, I also trigger-lock or cable-lock the firearms in the master suite, foregoing convenience for safety, unlocking the ones at the immediate bedside only when carrying them or when going to sleep, and we lock the door to the suite so no one can sneak in quietly and get to those firearms before we’re awake enough to get them and use them safely. Our son, age 51, is well-trained in firearm use, and has no children, so we have little or no opportunity to train young children in safe firearm use.

By: Paladin

Paladin — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:41:47 +0000

One of the larger sporting goods chains in my area won’t even allow you to handle a firearm unless you can demonstrate how to safety check it. If you can’t, they will show you how, then have you repeat it until you get it right. Strangely though, there was one clerk there who seemed like a nice guy, but would casually muzzle me when showing me a handgun, and, when I pointed this out to him, his reply was, “we both know its unloaded”. Finally one day he was helping a newbie female and her boyfriend, and in spite of being shown proper handling SEVERAL times, the female would muzzle everyone around the gun counter, with her finger on the trigger. He completely lost it and refused to show them anymore weapons, and when she went all “Karen” on him, he stupidly pointed a pistol right at her and asked, “so, how does this make you feel?” He was swiftly taken in the back and given his walking papers, but, the customers were also banned from the store for being unable to comply with safety rules.

By: John Decker

John Decker — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:04:05 +0000

I learned with four rules. #1) All guns are always loaded. #2) Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to see destroyed. #3) Always be aware where your gun’s muzzle is pointed, and make sure it is pointed in a safe direction. #4) Never put your finger on the trigger until your sights are aligned on the target and you are ready to fire. Rules number one and four are the most important. If you get in the habit of always handling a gun as if it is loaded, even a revolver with the cylinder hanging open and empty, or an auto with the mag out and the slide locked back, and keep your finger OFF the trigger, there will be no casual waving around of the gun, and no chance of the trigger being pulled. Most negligent discharges happen with an”unloaded” gun. There is no “accidental” discharge. There is only “negligent”, because if it goes off “all by itself”, the operator was doing something stupid. Stupid and guns do not mix well. If you watch someone untrained in gun safety, they will almost invariably pick up a gun by it’s trigger. It’s been done hundreds of times in movies and TV, and it’s positioned so your finger naturally falls there. It’s one of the hardest things to train out of a newbie, but they have to learn it, or they will be forever unsafe. I personally would not someone shoot until they can recite the rules and be observed practicing them. They must also demonstrate that they know how to clear and unload the gun they are training with. I would suggest training new shooters on a double action .22 rimfire revolver. It is the simplest to operate and has minimal muzzle blast and recoil. Just load, aim, and pull the trigger. I tend to run on, but I hope someone finds this useful. Enjoy shooting and be safe.

By: ann robinson

ann robinson — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:12:59 +0000

When my oldest son at 12 visited Kenton, Ohio; the Chief of Police allowed him to fire a machine gun at their range. Growing up with around firearms had taught a very strong responsible message about firearms, their usage and there obvious reasons to be knowledgeable in their usage. My ex-husband took my boys to the desert and show them what shooting a jack-rabbit looked like after being hit with a 270 cal rifle round at 100 yards. needless to say there was very little left of the rabbit. The impression lasted a life time for my boys. They learned a great respect for firearms and the damage a gun can do. Both Jaime n Estefan never misused a firearm in their 50 years of life todate.

By: James A Garvan

James A Garvan — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:54:11 +0000

I work Security Post and Campus Patrols for JPMorgan Chase.

By: John Kirkpatrick

John Kirkpatrick — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:29:23 +0000

We live ion a home with no children and I had thought that my carefully hidden .45 auto Colt which was my father’s sidearm during WW1 was safe. We were burglarized and the gun was found and stolen and tossed into a dumpster. Since then, my .357 mag Ruger revolver is kept locked in a hidden safe bolted to a closet shelf. Pretty secure but not readily retrievable.