Eddie the Eagle teaches kids to
Stop
Don't Touch
Leave the area
Tell an adult
This is a much safer approach than to let 3-4 year olds walk around with guns, no matter where they are pointed. IMO
Care to expound on these weak spots, so I know what to look for?
Good tests.
I wounder what would happen if they found one of your gun while you are not at home (or when they think you're not at home anyway).
Since they're so young you probably never leave them all by themselves at home, but it could be interesting to see what they do if you tell them you have to run to the store for five minutes and leave your gun behind.
Good job OP way to be a responsible gun owner and parent! But I would encourage the non touching of them when you are not in the room.
I have the dark brown framed PF9. If I didn't have to work today, I'd let you borrow it for the test. The colored frame would be something different for them.
That I don't know. They are too young for me to leave them home alone, and since it would be children with access to a gun, unsupervised, I would be leery of trying it out.
If I could come up with a safe way to 'test' them, I certainly wouldn't mind just to see how they would react
Well sounds like you did a great job with the young ones, if I tried this with my kids when they were little ,my boy would of told me of my many mistakes and then informed me that he just called grandma and child services on my ass!
Of course im not telling you to leave your kids all by themselves with unsecured guns.
You need to turn a closet into an obesrvation room with a one-way mirror on the door.
I understand that part
That might not be a bad idea... the problem lies in when to hide in the closet.. the kids would see that and want to come in too
You tell them you're going out, you slam the door and go hide in the closet.
You might learn a few things about the wife too if you dont tell her about the closet.
Also, in training kids I have told mine to call me immediately if they are at a friends house and the friend says anything resembling, "I know where a gun is do you want to see it?"
ANY time ANY where I will go pick them up. As well as to answer any questions from friends regarding guns at home. "Sorry don't have any" then they are to notify me as quickly and quietly as possible.
Interesting. If those where my kids, I would have considered all of the test where the kids touched the gun a fail.
Kids/parents need to be comfortable with their childs gun safety/knowledge. Let's change the scenario a bit. If you always preach to your kids to never touch your guns and don't teach them how to safely use them... what happens when your pistol is on your coffee table and someone breaks in and immediately knocks you out? May be good for the youngins to know how to operate it and not be scared of it.
Better to teach a child gun safety than to make them scared to touch them.
Really? For a 3 and 4 year old?
Why does age matter? When my boys were 3 or 4 they knew not to touch my guns but also knew what to do if they found them laying around. Should the kids be carrying the guns around? No not really. But should they be scared of them to the point they won't touch them? HELL NO!
The kids age I guess didn't sink in or my original response would have been a little different, but not totally different. I definitely think that at age 3-4 kids still need to have an understanding of guns and what they are capable of and why they shouldn't be handling them.
Why does age matter? When my boys were 3 or 4 they knew not to touch my guns but also knew what to do if they found them laying around. Should the kids be carrying the guns around? No not really.
I didn't say anything about learning how to use them. Knowing what they are capable of and knowing how to use them is two completely different things.
May be good for the youngins to know how to operate it and not be scared of it.