Posted on 01/26/2023 6:13:32 PM PST by DoodleBob
...When you do talk to other families about your child going to their home or riding in their car, you want to make sure you find out if any guns they have are stored safely — meaning they are secured in a safe and unloaded, Crifasi said.
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When her daughter is going to meet with a new friend, Thomas said she likes to lay out all the safety information for that family. She mentions how many dogs they have, that there’s an alarm on the pool, that guns are stored unloaded in a safe separate from ammunition, and that alcohol is kept locked up.
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When Thomas found out the mother of her daughter’s friend had a gun stowed under the car seat, a difficult conversation began.
Thomas decided to drive her daughter over to the house and asked if the parents could make a safety plan together for the next time her daughter rode with her friend.
“I’m pretty honest about it, I say, ‘In order for my child to come to your house, do you have a way you can secure those firearms that would be unloaded and locked in a safe?’ ”
Often, the other family will make arrangements to change the location of the firearms while her daughter is over. If not, Thomas said she will just offer to have the kids at her house or to meet somewhere else, such as a park or horseback riding barn.
And if it’s just not comfortable, families should feel empowered not to send their children over, she added.
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I’ll be sure to do just that. Given that most people here in one of America’s largest ghettos have guns, I’ll rat out the ones that don’t.
I do. We compare arsenals. :-)
Ask them for a recommendation.
My daughter’s boyfriend carries a 45 ACP in his truck. He is very protective of my daughter. It’s cool with me.
The conversation to have with your children is (1) guns are never toys and (2) assume that nobody knows how to unload a gun. Thus, a gun is ALWAYS loaded.
If your child is over at my house, I will utilize my entire array of security options to defend and protect your child as if it were mine.
Understand that I can stop most attacks up to a SWAT team / Infantry squad. That is all that you need to know about the security at my house.
Take them horse riding, eh? Sounds more risky than guns to me!
Abstract. Background: Horseback riding injuries are responsible for an estimated 2300 hospital admissions annually among persons younger than 25 years of age in the United States, but injury rates, patterns of injury, and risk factors for this population have not been well studied.
Snitches get stitches.
do you teach your children how to handle firearms safely?
you do not?
then keep her out of my home.
Her kids would NEVER have been friends with my kids.
My kids, and most of their friends, were all responsible shooters starting at an early age. One can kid-proof their guns or gun-proof their kids.
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I talk to plenty of parents about guns. When we are at the range together. What the hell else are we going to talk about?
I don’t have an issue with this. I keep my gun stored safely in its holster and if I feel threatened I will unload it, in which case the bullets will definitely be stored elsewhere.
And leave the room if a kid starts playing with one.
That has got to be the worst advice ever-out here, any parent who started a nosy Karen conversation like that with parents of their kid’s friend would be dooming their kid to ridicule, never mind that they would be treated to an Amish-style shunning as someone who might narc on neighbors, etc for anything they didn’t approve of-so mind you own f’in business..
I only know one person who does not always have a firearm in their vehicle and home at all times-and that is only because one of her sisters is a townie who is scared of firearms and won’t get in her truck if the gun is in there...
That basically an owner-provided diner menu of what is available, and what are the defenses against which to prepare, for an enterprising criminal or accomplice.
Why not put down your SSN, miss?
I can see it now.. “Mr so and so doesn’t keep loaded guns in the house..” “Oh really..” *Calls boyfriend*
Yeah I dont discuss my personal security issues with strangers.
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