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Man, I knew I came to the right place. Thanks for the advice. I recently rejoined the NRA (I was pissed at them for endorsing a Democrat with a very average voting record on gun owners' rights over a Republican, ex-Special Forces West Point grad who I supported in our local congressional elections; what made matters worse is that my numerous calls to the local legislative liason for the NRA to discuss the matter were not returned), so I might order some of the Eddie the Eagle material. Although I think the more effective way will be to: (i) take him shooting (so he can see first-hand that these aren't toys and that they can kill you), (ii) threaten to beat the snot out of him if he ever touches the weapons w/o my permission, and (iii) as he grows up continue to instill safe gun handling .
I'm still torn about whether I should keep my weapons locked up in gun safes. Conventional wisdom suggests that you absolutely do. However, as a kid, home safes fascinated the hell out of me and I was powerless to NOT try to break into them. And try as you might, you will have to write the combination or put the key somewhere, which a determined and snoopy kid (like I was) will always find - no matter how good the hiding spot. Even after working with a kid on gun safety, I think he might be more likely to mess around with a gun if it is locked up in a "forbidden" manner than if the gun was simply placed somewhere less "sexy" (e.g., in a closet on a shelf).
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