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These videos are especially poignant in light of the incident in Onslow County NC yesterday, where a 3-year-old died from injuries sustained when he shot himself in the head with a loaded gun left on a table in the house.
His father is a civilian police officer aboard Camp Lejeune. The handgun has been confirmed as belonging to the father, who was not at home at the time.
http://www.enctoday.com/news/child-69945-jdn-sheriff-shooting.html
I pray for these parents, and hope that they can forgive themselves for this horrendous error on their part. It's a tragic way to learn gun safety in the home, and an LEO should have known better...
If you've got children, and you keep firearms in the house, PLEASE keep your guns in a safe, disabled with a cable-lock, or on your hip. I don't think that's unreasonable.
When my sister and nephew visit (he's 17 now) I always keep my firearms locked up and cabled, with the exception of the one on my hip. When I travel to visit my sister (and the same nephew), I either wear my pistol, or keep it locked in a case, with a cable lock through the action.
There is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". All guns should be treated as loaded and ready-to-fire, whether you "know" they are clear or not. This is RULE NUMBER ONE in firearms safety...
Now that I've got a grand-daughter, you'd better believe I'm going to have to change the way I keep and store my firearms. I'm already ramping up my storage and security measures, and getting in the habit of cable-locking all my firearms that aren't being carried. I'm still trying to figure out a way to keep my home defense shotgun secure and child-proof and yet still have it quickly accessible by the adults in the house if the SHTF.