CingularDuality

I first took my son shooting when he was 4. I've taught him the four safety rules. He helps me clean my guns. Most importantly, he knows that he can see my guns whenever he wants to by coming and asking me to see them. There's no mystery there, so there's no need for him to want to play with them when I'm not around. He also knows that if he sees any other guns anywhere, that he's to not touch them and to find an adult immediately, even if a friend says it's OK.

When I was 13 or 14, one of my mom's friend's son shot himself with his parents' loaded revolver. These folks were liberal, anti-gun types, and I remember my parents and them having loud discussions about guns when they were playing pinochle. But they had a revolver, had probably never shot it more than a couple of times, didn't lock it up, probably had never spoken to their son about it at all. Maybe they thought that hiding it in the back of the nightstand drawer would keep him from finding it? I don't know. I do know that one afternoon, their son brought a friend over and he felt the need to show his friend his parents' gun. What happened next is unclear, but it seems that they were playing with it, pretending to be shooting things. The son was afraid that his parents would be home soon and wanted to put it away. They were arguing over it, struggling with it and it went off with the bullet taking half of the son's brain mass out the top of his head. This is what a lack of education on gun safety will do...

If there's anyone here that has never handled a gun, if there's anyone here that doesn't know the four safety rules, I urge you to go to your local gun range and ask them to show you how to safely handle a revolver and a pistol. If you rent the two guns, it should only cost about $20-30. I'm sure they'll be glad to teach you basic safety for free, as most new shooters become recurring costumers. It's one of life's lessons that everyone should learn, and you'll probably be very surprised to find out how much fun it is to put holes in paper.

RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED

RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY

RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET

RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET

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