loaded gun in house question

[txbowhunter08]

My son has been around weapons his whole life. has he been taught safety yes he has But he suffers from a medical issue that I'd rather not discuss righr now as its a touchy subject, and until we get over this bump In the road I'd prefer to have weapons secured safely but accessible to me

[txbowhunter08]

If you are worried About your kids getting your loaded gun, get a Gun-vault or similar. I have a gun-vault micro and it works great. Quick access when you need it.

Thanks I'll have to look into that

[curtintex]

You could have slept with a gun in each hand last night, but if you didn't hear the intruder it wouldn't have made a difference. Sorry you're dealing with this, but secure that house and thank God that all the thief was after was "stuff". This story scared the hell out of me just thinking about him waking your little boy up like that.

[Swampa]

loaded gun in house question

I've got twin almost 4 yr boys that are in to everything. We were worried about loaded guns so I got an infrared fingerprint safe to keep a pistol in our bedroom. It seems very reliable and was a good answer to our needs. Everything else is locked in a safe

[Texas Grown]

Pick your model and use this: https://www.thegunbox.com/
They are well worth the money and are not obvious. You can even get one with an audible alarm if moved, and GPS tracking
should it get stolen. My boss got one and they are loud is all I can say . You can fit two guns in one as well.

And use the wooden dowels as Blake describes. I use window locks with the dowels as well. There are also some cheap window and door alarms at your local home box stores.

[Hamshire]

I've always kept a loaded gun in the house because I had a kid.

Education is key. You can get a gun vault that is easily accessed (by you).

[snappertapper]

I do not have kids. However I was brought up around guns, and my family never owned a safe.

Our apartment has an intrusion alarm, and there is always a loaded weapon around, but like I said, no kids.

I think it depends a lot on the kid. I've been around 6 year Olds that I would be ok with having a gun around, and 15 year olds that shouldn't be within a hundred yards of a butter knife.

[Coach W]

Night stand drawer.

[okrattler]

Teach them that they're not toys. I've been around way more loaded guns in my life than I have unloaded. And the unloaded ones I've always assumed were loaded. Growing up any time I went to my Grandpas house (which was alot) there was always a pistol laying on the table and a shotgun behind the door. I knew they were loaded because he told me they were. And I knew what would happen if I messed with it because he told me that too. My brother knew the same thing so we never even thought about touching those guns. If you don't see a thief that's broken into your house you can't shoot him anyways. Two years ago someone opened the front door to brothers house while he was in his bedroom and stole his wallet and his wifes purse and my brother never knew it happened till he looked down the hallway and saw the door standing wide open. He grabbed his pistol and ran outside to kill somebody but that somebody had already cheesed it outta there. Somebody got lucky.

[tex4k]

You could have slept with a gun in each hand last night, but if you didn't hear the intruder it wouldn't have made a difference. Sorry you're dealing with this, but secure that house and thank God that all the thief was after was "stuff". This story scared the hell out of me just thinking about him waking your little boy up like that.

And get you a yap dog, teach him to bark whenever a door or window rattles.

[coop]

I will never suggest to anyone how to rear their children.

My children were around firearms all their lives and taught safety and shown what damage they will do. I was lucky and had good children that I never had to worry about them misusing or playing with my firearms.

All children are not the same and what works for some won't work for others so a parent has to make that decision based on what they know about their child.

[Texas Grown]

Here's a couple pics from the web-sight. All aluminum case. Has bio-metric option, as well as many others, for opening. Includes 2 USB ports for electronics (cell phone charge? ). Pretty sleek by the night stand too. Edit: can be taken in a vehicle as well and locked with a cable lock.

[MONSTERKEN]

I have several biometric safes, and several sneaky devices designed to conceal weapons. Every gun in my house is loaded and I have 3 children. My children know about my pistols in biometric safe but that's it. They don't know about the rest. Buy some safes and concealment devices. Well worth the money. Protect your family brother.

[akey]

I think most accidents happen in the home involving children & guns is curiosity. If kids are shown guns, get to hold them & get to see what kind of damage they can do I feel they are then a lot less likely to harm themselves. My kid was taught @ about 4 or 5 about all the guns we owned, handled them (unloaded of course) & shown what a pistol & a shotgun will do to a watermelon. Any time she wants to touch or hold a gun just let me know & we'll do it together. I feel if you take all the curiosity out of the equation, AND add some education to it, the common issues are sidelined. Your situation is a very scary ordeal w/the thief coming in while y'all were there & your kiddo in the room. Creepy for sure. Block the sliding door shut & get those cheap little alarms that you can put on all doors & windows that start beeping really loud when one is opened. Stay safe.

Pretty sound advice here.

I can offer a real world example. As a child I was not taught or exposed to guns. I went to a sleepover at a friends house and we found his dads shotgun and shells. Tried to load it but couldn't figure it out so we gave up. Can't imagine what we would have done if we had figured it out.

As a parent, I have exposed my son to guns(starting with the old school rubber band gun). I've taught him the respect they must deserve and the danger they can be. I truly believe that if my son was put in the situation I was in he would take control of it and do the right thing.

I plan on teaching the two year old son the same way.

[NorthTexan99]

Protect your family, and exercise your 2nd amendment, if a thief can steal money from your wifes purse while you are sleeping, just think what he could do to your wife or kid! If he even enters your house again make him sorry he ever did!