I grew up in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Safe storage was that the guns were in Daddy’s room along with the ammo and none of that was to be touched. You could go in there and get some licorice, but never touch the guns. Such was the case (with or without the licorice!) in every household in town. No incidents ever reported. And it was a small town, so if anything gun-related ever happened everyone would have known about it. I’m not against safe storage, but properly trained children go a long way towards gun safety.
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