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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a newcomer to the area, and my eight-year-old is sometimes asked over for playdates with his new friends, which is great - except that last week he informed me that a friend's teenage son had showed them the parents' (unloaded) revolver. Yikes.

It's never occurred to me to ask other parents whether they keep guns around - we moved here from a country where basically only hunters and farmers have them.

Is this something you ask parents of new friends, before you permit an unsupervised playdate?

[b]Please no gun rights/gun bans arguing[/b]; I just want to know if the question is considered OK or impolite. Thanks![/quote]

After that experience - I would absolutely ask, and use that as the excuse.

"Sure, Larlo would love to come over play.  I need to ask, though - do you have guns in the house?  He was at a play date and his friend's teenaged brother showed them an unloaded gun.  I just want to make sure...blah, blah, blah."

Anyone that has an issue with that should need to go and suck it.

We do own guns (my DH hunts), and they ARE locked away, with the ammunition is in a separate locked place.

And you definitely need to TELL the parents their kid showed the little ones a gun![/quote]

This is the perfect opportunity to bring it up in the future.

I would be absolutely livid about the teenager. [/quote]

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