Options of keeping guns out of kids' hands...

[Marauder2003]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_California

Note that Wikipedia is user written with no vetting. I could post a section on gun laws if I wanted.

[reverser]

Keep the gun on your nightstand... lock the kid in the safe.

[Abu Riyah]

I don't see how this works. It is locked in a steel box. How does the wi-if signal get out?

Not every steel box functions as a 100% effective Faraday cage, especially if it is not grounded. It's very likely that the signal can still propagate through the safe (albeit with a lot of attenuation), but they do have an external antenna option too.

[pdq_wizzard]

1-Sturdy locked container.
2-Familiarization
---Talk to mom first and make sure she is on board
---Eddie Eagle Rules (memorize and explain their importance)
---Jeff Cooper Rules (memorize and explain their importance)
---Let him learn about and safely handle your firearms, make the time, take away the mystery
---Take him shooting

this but start with a BB gun or even an air soft gun

[JDay]

Not every steel box functions as a 100% effective Faraday cage, especially if it is not grounded. It's very likely that the signal can still propagate through the safe (albeit with a lot of attenuation), but they do have an external antenna option too.

They come with the antenna but it's really not needed.

[pacrat]

I learned to shoot at 6-7 yr. By 9 yr. I was doing solo squirrel-rabbit hunts on the farm.

I married the love of my life 46 yrs ago. She had 2 small children 3 and 4 yr old. I had them shooting by the time they were 5-6.

Guns were never locked up until I bought a safe in early 80s. Not for fear one of the kids would do something stupid or unsafe.

But because as teens their friends might. Or the off chance of a burglary. I've lived here 42 yrs and there's only been 1 res burg in the neighborhood.

So my advice as a BTDT second father on the scene, who is a shooter-hunter. Is to feed their curiosity with experience, and keep them safe by locking up the guns when not in use.

They will quickly pick up on the fact that real guns, shooting real tin cans. And the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with it. Beats the crap out of blasting aliens in video games.

OBTW, paper targets on a range. Bore the crap out of kids in short time.

Tin cans and other reactive targets on the other hand are always fun. I'm a senior citizen in years, if not attitude. I still love the challenge of bouncing a can up a wash with a 22.

JM2c

[jgraham7897]

I'm sure it's already been said, but proper education. Also, anytime my boys want to see or touch my guns I let them. It's a great way to remind them of the gun safety rules. It's also a great way to dispel the mystery.

[Remus]

"Make sure all firearms cannot be reached by anyone who should not have access to them without your consent. Store guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized persons, especially children." Taken from the (must be) liberal NRA's Eddie the Eagle website.

I'm glad that a person so senior has taken the time to share the appropriate ways to raise all children around firearms based upon his vast experiences. Wish I was young enough to know everything still.

Edit: I see some posts have been deleted. The above was directed towards a boy that was trying to flex his muscles at the adults table.

[Merc1138]