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OP - I think that rather than asking a parent whether they have guns or knives at home, that it is much more important to teach a child what to do in the case of a child of any age even starting to talk about getting out or looking at a weapon in the home - guns or knives - or possibly taking something in hand that might be construed as a weapon such as a baseball bat.

[b]For a very young child, I am not quite sure what to advise and would be quite interested in what parents would say.[/b]

For a child of say 10+ when in my opinion with another boy this is more likely to happen, then I think I would say to get up and out of the house physically first of all.  If the parent is there, then on the way out to ask them to call your folks as you are not allowed to be in presence of a weapon.  If your child has a cell phone then again to first of all physically get out of the house/apartment and call your folks to come get you or another responsible adult.

In middle school, after school is when there is also much more likely to be times of "no supervision," so perhaps to have a rule that one in MS can't go to another child's home is another rule to consider unless you really can verify there are no weapons around.  I know it is a pain to think that one might need supervision all the way along, but nowadays that is life  or at least then to say to your child you come to our home - with the rules you have and no other kids there unless there is a responsible adult.  Let's face in in MS today, there is also the aspect of experimentation with everything from drinking to sex to exploring the medicine cabinet that the only way to avoid is to have a zero tolerance for being in anyone's home without adult supervision.

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