>>When I have kids, my guns and ammo won't be locked. They will be in their cases in an off-limit area, and if they show an interest in them they will be educated.
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>Is that legal where you live? I'd expect it to be child endangerment at least.
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>Also, does that mean you'll never allow your kids to have their friends in the house?
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>I'm raising all this as a serious issue. Kids do stupid things. That's why we go out of our way to protect them, so that the stupid things they do don't kill them or ruin their lives.
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>Having unlocked guns, even if they're off-limits, seems to me highly risky.
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>Tamar


And, paraphrasing Ben Franklin, "those who would trade their liberty for security, deserve neither.". It's people with this attitude that have curtailed our rights to own guns, our right to smoke in our houses, our right to ride a bicycle without a helmet, ...ad nauseum. Quit mandating what's right for someone else based on what you think is correct. Live your life how you wish, but give others the same benefit.

This sounds kind of harsh, but it is not meant to single you out. You just happened to hit one of my hot buttons. :)