Question (esp. for those who have firearms in their homes)

[Anonymous]

I need to know if I'm overreacting:

DH went to the shooting range with our neighbor this morning, came home briefly, and then went to work. When I came into our bedroom later in the day, I saw that he had left his dufflle bag on our bed after he returned. Inside was the small gun safe he owns. In it are two loaded handguns with no safety. The gun safe opens with one of those "no-see" finger codes but the code is very easy - just press each button once in order (1,2,3,4). I have a 19 mo and a 3.5 yo who could very easily have gotten into the bag and become curious about its contents. I am so angry at DH for leaving it out and not informing me about it. DH always keeps the safe in the top shelf of his closet and it still makes me nervous. I have been hounding him to at least change the code but he kept telling me he needed to find a special key that he had lost. But I went online and figured out how to change the code without a key, so at least I did that. And I moved the safe to the top shelf of a remote closet in the basement so it will be harder for my kids to reach.

Am I overreacting? Any advice on firearm storage and safety?

[Anonymous]

My husband just bought a gun, he keeps it locked in a safe. We have a 12 month old. There is NO excuse for leaving that shit out, safety or no safety.

[Anonymous]

Bad move on his part it tells me he is not responsible and didn't take the proper courses.

Tell him to go take some classe son gun safety.

[Anonymous]

I'd be pissed. But I can't imagine this scenario. At all.

[Anonymous]

He is not fit to have a gun. We have guns and would never ever allow this to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is not fit to have a gun. We have guns and would never ever allow this to happen.

+1

[Anonymous]

I'd be pissed and thankful. I do think it was an honest mistake and after talking to him, I'd let it go. It was a lazy move, nothing happened, lesson LEARNED.

[Anonymous]

Guns should not be kept loaded. Period. That is careless and stupid.

Ammo should generally be kept separate from firearms, too.

Get trigger locks.

Do not store them in the basement unless you take steps to keep the humidity at bay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd be pissed and thankful. I do think it was an honest mistake and after talking to him, I'd let it go. It was a lazy move, nothing happened, lesson LEARNED.

How do you know? If he acts like it wasn't a big deal, then the lesson isn't learned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd be pissed and thankful. I do think it was an honest mistake and after talking to him, I'd let it go. It was a lazy move, nothing happened, lesson LEARNED.

How do you know? If he acts like it wasn't a big deal, then the lesson isn't learned.

Where did you read he didn't think it was a big deal? He dropped off the gun and went back to work. It is a big deal, but she should talk to him, not freak the f out.

[Anonymous]

Well...he should've changed the code. But guns are usually loaded around here, they just live on people so we know where they are in relation to the kids. Otherwise they are unloaded and kept atop the fridge or a high shelf. The three and a half year old should know to leave the guns alone, the little one probably can't work the safe. Not such a big deal.

[Anonymous]

I'd be upset too.

The code should be changed. And the locked safe should be kept out of reach.

[Anonymous]

Great moments in second amendment history.

[Anonymous]

What bothers me isn't that he forgot. It's that he clearly was not thinking about the potential risk to the kiddos. Why does it feel like more often the women of the house are the ones doing the worrying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well...he should've changed the code. But guns are usually loaded around here, they just live on people so we know where they are in relation to the kids. Otherwise they are unloaded and kept atop the fridge or a high shelf. The three and a half year old should know to leave the guns alone, the little one probably can't work the safe. Not such a big deal.

I hope you don't trust a child to "know to leave the guns alone". It's been shown in hidden camera studies time and again that kids of all ages simply can't resist the temptation.