Does anybody here allow their children to handle guns unsupervised?

[JEVapa]

 

[KOPBET]

Both my kids handle guns unsupervised.

 

[Catt57]

Mine have been taught how to safely handle them and how to shoot them. Locks are not a substitue for proper training and parenting.

 

[D. Hargrove]

no

 

[scott024]

I have 6 boys. All know how to safely use firearms, and I have no problem letting them use them when they need to. I keep them locked up because my kids are not always the only ones at my house. Most of the children's friends have guns in their houses, but I do not trust that they have been properly trained to use them.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Let me think about that, Nope.

 

[KurtM]

Hell, I even let mine gallop unsupervised, and they damn well better have a gun with them to keep the varmints down!

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Even older kids are a potential problem (21 plus not living at home). Maybe I am cynical, but giving them a firearm can have unintended consequences, a bad girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse, if the firearm is a gift and can be traced back to you in an unforeseen event, now you have a legal problem. Give the gift of money for a firearm, leave family heirlooms to them post mortem.

 

[GnometownHero]

Ask my almost 4 yr old grandson, "what do you do if you find a gun unattended?"
Phoenix:"leave it alone and don't let other kids touch it and tell an adult"

He is not even 4 yet, smarter than your average urban teenager

 

[TedKennedy]

Even older kids are a potential problem (21 plus not living at home). Maybe I am cynical, but giving them a firearm can have unintended consequences, a bad girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse, if the firearm is a gift and can be traced back to you in an unforeseen event, now you have a legal problem. Give the gift of money for a firearm, leave family heirlooms to them post mortem.

Oh, it gets worse than that.