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the point of this topic should be to make any of us very aware of what can happen if a firearm is left where small children can put there little hands on them! you wouldn't put your small child in your new pick-up start the engine ,put it in drive just to see if he could actually drive through the house would you? then why in the world would you put a gun in your 3 year old son's or 5 year old daughters hand to see if they can actually pull the dao pistol! you should be teaching the child to allways don't touch any gun they ever find, and to report it to an adult asap.. just hope you haven't committed the next inocent murder by showing your child how to properly shoot his next playmate... wake up guys...
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From day one, my kids are taught that they are not to handle any firearm [B]without my supervision[/B]. I keep my firearms away from them - locked up.
Now, while my daughter [B]does[/B] understand that ALL firearms are potentially dangerous. I still don't leave them where they can access them - PERIOD. When I am either cleaning or function testing any firearm, I use Azoom's [like "snap caps"]. I remove the magazine and don't leave one sitting around in the event something odd should happen.
It is constantly DRILLED into my kids heads that they should NEVER point a gun toward anyone or any place where someone may be.
I think they should know about firearms but they MUST know the rules - FIRST.
Furthermore, at their age it would/should always be with parental [B]supervision[/B].
Key phrase here: [B]PARENTAL SUPERVISION[/B]