(05-18-2018, 05:30 PM)pirkster Wrote: Since having children I've never had ammunition in the home.

But they sure do know about my rifle and gun safety.  As I cleaned my rifle and spoke about it and safety, they cleaned their BB guns and we demonstrated safe handling - quizzing them constantly.  If weapons of any kind are in your home, it is your responsibility as a parent to keep your children safe and educated.  Hiding them or restricting access is not enough.  They need to know how to handle them with respect even if they do not regularly handle them.  If the parent does not have such respect for firearms, then the children won't, either.  They set the example.  They are in control of both access and education for their children every bit as much as they are the same for themselves.

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."