Every gun owner, including the ones in this forum, will swear on a stack of Bibles that they practice gun in their home BUT "47% of high school kids and 22% of middle school kids said they could get a gun" and in "30% of hand gun owning homes, the gun was stored unlocked and loaded at the time of the survey."FBI Survey
Storage Practices: Among homes with children and firearms
- 28% do not always keep guns locked in a secure place
- 25% only occasionally lock and store the bullets separate from the
gun
- 48% do not regularly make sure that guns are equipped with child
safety and trigger locks
- in 30% of hand gun owning homes, the gun was stored unlocked and
loaded at the time of the survey
Accessibility
- in 72% of unintentional deaths and injuries, suicide and suicide attempts, the firearm was stored in the residence of the victim
- 47% of high school kids and 22% of middle school kids said they could get a gun
- 6% of high school kids said they had carried a gun to school within the last 30 days
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ca/gunsafe.pdf
notice what is missing in that statement - where they could get that gun, home or elsewhere and by what means, legally or illegally.
I wasn't aware that "practicing gun safety" automatically meant "keeping it completely out of reach of everyone else in the house". My 17-year-old can get a gun; he can also get a bow and arrows, several swords, and all the dangerous household items I listed in one of my earlier posts. Doesn't mean I don't practice "safety" with my deadly items; it means that being safe with them includes teaching my child to be a responsible adult, and knowing whether or not he's looney tunes.