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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm your typical liberal urbanite traveling back home for the holidays with my two young kids and staying amongst relatives who have guns. Each year I send a reminder for them to secure their weapons. Each year I'm met with eye rolls and smirks "it's taken care of" but an unwillingness to discuss how their guns have been secured. Are they unloaded? Are they locked or just placed on a high shelf? Etc? And they almost seem offended that I would question them. But there smirking and eye rolls and lack of transparency doesn't inspire confidence that they take securing them seriously.

I've continued to visit, and just watch my kids extra closely, and won't leave the kids alone with these relatives. We've discussed with them what to do in case they come across a gun.

I understand there is a culture around owning guns, and inadmittingly hate it. But I also get the second amendment is what it is and people have their rights and accept that. But the vagueness and cagey behavior I don't get. Is is too much to ask to be able to have frank discussions? I assume there is some best practices for keeping kids safe, and is it wrong to assume a responsible gun owner would be able to talk about them?

What am I missing?

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I usually get smirky emoticons over text/email. Then follow up in person to get the confirmation that they double checked. Which, am glad I did because my had actually meant to "take care of it" but in fact had not when we arrived. She was all huffy, but when into another room and did it.

I just read this again -- how do you know you're met with eyerolls and smirks? You indicated you "send" a reminder -- I presume by e-mail? Do then continue to persist to interrogate them when you arrive?[/quote][/quote]

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