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dtheriault · 08-02-2003, 02:10 AM

how do you keep your gun(s) aways from kids, but ready to use in the middle of the night. do you hide it, lock it or some other solutions. thanks.

Slims · 08-02-2003, 02:20 AM

I am a college student, so my primary concern is to keep them away from other drunk college students, rather than hide them from kids.

I lock my pistols in a gunsafe, along with the bolts of my rifles if I am having a party. Otherwise I usually just lock my pistols in my safe and use cable locks on the rifles.

sailor · 08-02-2003, 07:53 AM

Yeah, I wouldnt suggest merely hiding it. Kids have a knack for being able to find things. Lock it up... A combination safe might be good because it doesnt require looking for a key if there is an emergency, and assuming you dont tell the kids the combination, they cant get into it.

If you can't do that, at least seperate the guns and the ammunition. They dont have to be on opposite ends of the house, but at least keeping them seperate is a *little* bit safer than leaving a gun, ready to shoot, to be found by your kids.

Really, just lock it up somewhere safe, close, and fast to get to/into.

seretogis · 08-02-2003, 08:27 AM

Also, make it extremely clear to your kids that guns are not toys. I never had a toy gun as a kid, which perhaps helped reinforce that idea.

Antagony · 08-02-2003, 10:44 AM

Educating your child about gun handling is paramount.

Menoman · 08-02-2003, 12:36 PM

Exactly, you can't stress enough about making sure kids know guns are not toys.

I did have toy guns in my toybox. But even though it was a toy, if I pointed that gun at anything living I got in big trouble.

j8ear · 08-02-2003, 10:42 PM

So important. Teach the kids. Make sure they know what it is and what it can do, and that they are not to touch it. You MUST also lock it up. At least in my state. It is a felony to not have your weapon locked. Those fingertip combo keypad lock boxes look effective but cumbersome. I've seen some neat bedside/clock-radio gun safes too. Gun shows usually have a good selection of that stuff, as do the back of gun magazines. Those trigger locks now being shipped with guns seen rediculously obstructive, but you do what you must. I'm sure with lot's of practice you can become effective in spite of that obstacle.

fhqwhgads · 08-03-2003, 02:58 PM

I recently got a Sentry fire safe. It has both a digital keypad and a key. I usually leave the guns loaded, laying in such a matter than I can grab them as soon as the door opens. I've practiced hitting the combination in the dark so I can get to them in a hurry.

I don't recommend keeping the guns loaded if there are children in your house, even if they are in a safe. Since I don't have children, and I access my guns on a daily basis for work, I keep them loaded.

Slims · 08-03-2003, 03:10 PM

Oh, they make fast access gun safes nowadays. There are several different kinds, but most of them have buttons that you push simultaneously in any order you choose. They can be opened in about 2 seconds, but are still kid proof.

Caphreak · 08-03-2003, 03:40 PM

Education is still the biggest thing. Kids need to understand that guns kill people and people dont come back when theyre dead. When I was a kid, my dad kept a 12ga in one corner of the closet and 5 00buck rounds in the other corner. I knew if i even looked at the closet like i wanted to go into it, i would get severly punished. I never went into the closet, because i was educated! :/

bussman · 08-03-2003, 05:50 PM

Well of couse educate your kids. But besides that you can buy these little boxes with some buttons on top, it's like a safe with a key combination.

08-04-2003, 01:52 PM

There are nightstand safes that have a 3 or 4 digit push button combo - the top of it literally *snaps* open. Two or three seconds and it's out.

08-02-2003, 02:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
dtheriault Psycho Location: maybe utah	how to keep gun(s) away from kids, but ready to use how do you keep your gun(s) aways from kids, but ready to use in the middle of the night. do you hide it, lock it or some other solutions. thanks. __________________ "Remember, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen." -Homer Unless you are the freakin Highlander, what is the point in learning how to fight with a sword?

08-02-2003, 02:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	I am a college student, so my primary concern is to keep them away from other drunk college students, rather than hide them from kids. I lock my pistols in a gunsafe, along with the bolts of my rifles if I am having a party. Otherwise I usually just lock my pistols in my safe and use cable locks on the rifles. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

08-02-2003, 07:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Yeah, I wouldnt suggest merely hiding it. Kids have a knack for being able to find things. Lock it up... A combination safe might be good because it doesnt require looking for a key if there is an emergency, and assuming you dont tell the kids the combination, they cant get into it. If you can't do that, at least seperate the guns and the ammunition. They dont have to be on opposite ends of the house, but at least keeping them seperate is a little bit safer than leaving a gun, ready to shoot, to be found by your kids. Really, just lock it up somewhere safe, close, and fast to get to/into. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

08-02-2003, 08:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
seretogis Huggles, sir? Location: Seattle	Also, make it extremely clear to your kids that guns are not toys. I never had a toy gun as a kid, which perhaps helped reinforce that idea. __________________ seretogis - sieg heil perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames

08-02-2003, 10:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
Antagony Psychopathic Akimbo Action Pirate Location: ...between Christ and Belial.	Educating your child about gun handling is paramount. __________________ On the outside I'm jazz, but my soul is rock and roll. Sleep is a waste of time. Join the Insomniac Club. "GYOH GWAH-DAH GREH BLAAA! SROH WIH DIH FLIH RYOHH!!" - The Locust

08-02-2003, 10:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
j8ear Gentlemen Farmer Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey	So important. Teach the kids. Make sure they know what it is and what it can do, and that they are not to touch it. You MUST also lock it up. At least in my state. It is a felony to not have your weapon locked. Those fingertip combo keypad lock boxes look effective but cumbersome. I've seen some neat bedside/clock-radio gun safes too. Gun shows usually have a good selection of that stuff, as do the back of gun magazines. Those trigger locks now being shipped with guns seen rediculously obstructive, but you do what you must. I'm sure with lot's of practice you can become effective in spite of that obstacle. __________________ It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.

08-03-2003, 02:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
fhqwhgads Junkie	I recently got a Sentry fire safe. It has both a digital keypad and a key. I usually leave the guns loaded, laying in such a matter than I can grab them as soon as the door opens. I've practiced hitting the combination in the dark so I can get to them in a hurry. I don't recommend keeping the guns loaded if there are children in your house, even if they are in a safe. Since I don't have children, and I access my guns on a daily basis for work, I keep them loaded.

08-03-2003, 03:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	Oh, they make fast access gun safes nowadays. There are several different kinds, but most of them have buttons that you push simultaneously in any order you choose. They can be opened in about 2 seconds, but are still kid proof. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

08-03-2003, 03:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Caphreak Insane Location: Ames, IA	Education is still the biggest thing. Kids need to understand that guns kill people and people dont come back when theyre dead. When I was a kid, my dad kept a 12ga in one corner of the closet and 5 00buck rounds in the other corner. I knew if i even looked at the closet like i wanted to go into it, i would get severly punished. I never went into the closet, because i was educated! :/

08-03-2003, 05:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
bussman Tilted Location: Mass	Well of couse educate your kids. But besides that you can buy these little boxes with some buttons on top, it's like a safe with a key combination.

08-04-2003, 01:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
smithja0423 Guest	There are nightstand safes that have a 3 or 4 digit push button combo - the top of it literally snaps open. Two or three seconds and it's out.