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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to Gallup, 43 percent of US households have a gun.  You should always assume there is a gun in your neighbor's house, because the odds are pretty good. Whether they are stored safely, with ammo locked and separate from the weapon, is a different story.  Teach your kids about gun safety, about not touching, leaving the room, telling an adult.  [/quote]

ITA. We have a gun and I doubt anyone would guess.  It is secure. I would be happy to describe how, if asked by a fellow parent or neighbor. I have never been.

We also have a pool and it is FAR more dangerous to potential young visitors than our locked up gun. Our youngest child just turned 9.

Ask the neighbors if you want to- I doubt they will mind.

I do wonder- do you trust your child? It is not fail proof but you seem to leave him/her out of the equation. Have that conversation.

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I didn't leave him out of the equation. I already said he could not be trusted. He would pick up a gun and handle it if he saw it, no matter what kind of conversation I had about gun safety before hand. That's the kind of kid he is. And since I do not trust my child to be around a gun, I can't leave it up to my neighbors to make sure the gun is safely put away. We had guns when I was growing up. The rule was, no ammo in the house. And yet ammo sometimes appeared. That's life with humans and guns....

Anyway, I told my DC why he was not going over there. Also told him to keep it to himself, as I don't know who else knows about the guns or if our neighbor would want that info out there.

Thanks for all the suggestions.[/quote]

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