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[quote=Anonymous]Know a guy who collected guns.  Odd because he was certainly not the type.  Didn't hunt.  Didn't come from a family of hunters.  Grew up in nice areas -- family well off.  But, he liked guns.  When he had his first kid he got rid of every bullet out of the house.  When he wanted to go shooting -- not often as I understand it - he would buy ammo on the way, and give away what he did not use -- if any.  You could use one of his weapons as a club, and you could pinch a finger easy enough, but you could not fire them.

I have another friend though who tells the story of being at a friend house, and taking down an old Springfield rifle that was on the wall as a decorator piece to look at it.  He grew up with guns in the country and did, what he said was sort of a built in ammo check -- sure enough there was a live round in the chamber that he pulled.  He said it was probably unlikely to fire, but there it was.  The owner had no idea.

Here's the thing -- If they are older than 5, your kids know where the hidden guns are hidden and where the hidden ammo is located.  The kids already know where the key to the gun cabinet is even if it is hidden so well that they will never find it.  If they are over the age of 8 they have already been in the cabinet.  When they are 12 will they absolutely refuse to let a begging friend in to the cabinet?  I always liked the no ammo approach.

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