I first want to start off this post with a little story.
First of all, I want all of you responsible gun owners to keep your guns in a locked or inaccessible place if you have kids around. My sister just moved up here from FL. Her two kids, ages 2 and 5 get in to everything. Obviously, I mean, they're kids. My sister has grown up around firearms and absolutely loves and respects them. She would like me to teach the 5 year old how to shoot, pistols and rifles alike. Before they moved up here, I had my rifles leaning up against a book case in my bedroom and my pistols tucked away in my closet. From day one, I told the children that the guns were COMPLETELY off limits...no ifs ands or buts about it UNLESS I was present. To ensure this, I put a lock on my bedroom door. Well a couple of days later the 5 year old is in my bedroom playing a game called Return To Castle Wolfenstein, some of you may have heard of it (1st person 3D shoot'em up) I didn't want him spending more than an hour on the game for pretty obvious reasons. After telling him to stop the game, I stepped away...just for a brief moment (less than a minute) And after I had come back, without even knowing it, he had grabbed the HK91 trigger pack (frame and all) I had out for cleaning and proceeded to point it at me and pull the trigger. First of all, a 5 year old cannot discern between a trigger pack and a pistol, so he had disregarded my all important rule...(or had he?) I said to him "never touch ANY of my guns UNLESS I am around"...my God, he didn't break my rules, he was exactly within their boundaries. I believed a blanket rule like "NEVER TOUCH ANY OF THE GUNS UNLESS I AM AROUND" would suffice. Something like this had completely slipped my mind. I got angry with him at the time, but realized later that he didn't know any better... it is these things we have to think about. This incident occurred over a week ago, but I can't help but thinking what if...what if it was my USP that remains loaded at all times? what if it was my .22 pistol? For all of you with kids, please, if it hasn't already occurred to you, keep them locked up. If you're like me, have all but one locked up and keep it within your visual range (out of kids' reach) I am all about home protection and killing intruders, so I'm not going to preach socialist views about how to secure weapons. Just be extremely safe and let your children know the boundaries. With that being said, the new addition: [img]http://www.vzavenue.net/~mrequivocal/pistol/hkusp.jpg[/img]
Input welcome in this matter