Firearms and Your Young Child Protection at Home and Away
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There are approximately 300 million privately-owned firearms in
the United States 40 to 45% of American households have firearms
Even if there are no guns in your home, the chances are that you
know someone who has them.
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Life Lessons Some lessons we can permit children to learn on
their own when they bear the consequences of their choices. Others
are too dangerous for us to allow children to experience for
themselves; we teach them in advance how to keep themselves
safe.
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The First Level of Protection: Your Own Safe Gun-Handling
Skills
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Four Cardinal Rules of Safety 1. All guns are loaded
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Four Cardinal Rules of Safety 1.All guns are loaded 2.Finger
off trigger
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Four Cardinal Rules of Safety 1.All guns are loaded 2.Finger
off trigger 3.Muzzle awareness
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Four Cardinal Rules of Safety 1.All guns are loaded 2.Finger
off trigger 3.Muzzle awareness 4.Target identification
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Additional Safety Rules 1.Never sweep yourself or anyone else
with the muzzle of your firearm 2.Never hand anyone else a loaded
firearm or take a loaded firearm from someone else 3.Always be sure
of your firearms condition before handling it
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Additional Safety Rules 4. Always lay a gun down with the
barrel pointed in a safe direction 5. Never try to catch a dropped
firearm 6. Always wear safety gear when practicing (eye protection,
ear protection, ball cap)
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The Second Level of Protection: Securing Your Firearms
Recreational Firearms 1.Always unload 2.Immediate, secure
storage 3.Carefully re-check condition upon removal from
storage
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Defensive Firearms
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Pistols
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An appropriate holster: Properly fitted Trigger covered
Reinforced opening
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GunVault Pistol Storage
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Defensive Firearms Pistols Shotguns
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ShotLock TM Shotgun Storage
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The Third Level of Protection: The Fundamentals
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Whether or not we own guns ourselves, we know that self-example
and banning of a material object is likewise not enough to protect
our children from situations where the forbidden object is offered
to them. As with drugs, safety with guns requires preparation for
social contact scenarios. - Massad Ayoob
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Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: 1.STOP!
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Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: 1. STOP! 2. Dont
touch it.
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Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: 1. STOP! 2. Dont
touch it. 3. Leave the area.
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Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: 1. STOP! 2. Dont
touch it. 3. Leave the area. 4. Tell a responsible adult AND your
parents.
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The Fourth Level of Protection: Making Your Firearms Part of
the Family
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When can I touch our firearms? Who can I talk to about our
guns? What do I say if someone asks to see our guns? What do I say
if someone asks me if we have guns at home? What do I do if I
notice someone else is wearing a gun? Circle of Trust
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The Fifth Level of Protection: Gun-Proofing Your Child
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The Most Reliable Security Method If we cannot keep our
children away from guns, if we cannot make every gun they might
ever come near childproof, only one solution remains. Instead of
childproofing guns, we must gunproof the children. -Massad
Ayoob
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Four Cardinal Rules of Safety (yes again!)
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ALL guns are loaded!
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Finger off the trigger!
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Muzzle awareness!
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Know your target!
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Four Cardinal Rules of Safety 1.All guns are loaded 2.Finger
off trigger 3.Muzzle awareness 4.Target identification
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[Children] crave three things: power, responsibility, and
prestige. - Massad Ayoob
