On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:03:49 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 12:27:00 PM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:

You may not be able to teach a 3 year old. But some of us are better at teaching than that.

Dan


locking up
guns when they're not actually in use is a lot more appropriate to the
realities of the world today, than teaching kids not to touch the
shotgun nehind the door.
--
Ed Huntress

I prefer to secure the ammunition. It is a lot smaller package to lock up and has less interest to kids.

And I do not teach kids not to touch guns. ] teach them how to check to see that they are not loaded. Not just the magazine , but also the chamber. And if it has a tubular magazine, to thump the butt on the floor to be sure there is not one in the magazine. And that you never point a gun at anything you do not want to shoot.

And also teach them to shoot. At three maybe a pellet rifle, but at about 7 teach shooting a .22.

Trying to teach them not to touch the shotgun behind the door just makes them curious about the shotgun. The more time you spend teaching them and letting them handle the guns, the less secret thrill there is at handling a gun.

Dan

Smart man!!