Gun safety for children or stupid housemates.

Last week my wife and I were watching the local comedy (news) broadcast when they ran a story about an old man that had accidentally shot himself with a gun his son had given him for protection, after the story ran my wife brought up an interesting argument, she said that with the economy the way it is and crime on the rise more people are buying guns for protection and yet most of these proud new gun owners never learn how to use the gun they bought. Now I can't fault her logic on this one but I can expand upon it. If you have read any of my previous posts you will know that I am a gun owner and I believe that all citizens of this great nation should be gun owners, a gun can give a weak person great power but as the great wise man Ben Parker once said "with great power comes great responsibility." Just what are the responsibilities of being a gun owner? One, learn and understand just how your new gun operates, two learn and understand how to operate your new gun safely, and three teach your children how your gun works and that it is NOT a toy. I grew up with guns in the house everything from small pocket pistols to great big hunting rifles, and yet in my last thirty one years of walking around this funny world I have never had an accidental discharge. Now you may be asking yourself "but hillbilly how is that possible?" My father and my brother both taught me well the rules of gun safety which are quite simple. Rule #1 all guns are always loaded all the time! If you pick up a gun that YOU haven't checked its loaded period. Rule #2 Never Ever point a gun at something you don't want to destroy. Rule #3 Always know what is beyond your target. And for those of you with kids or really stupid housemates Rule #4 Never use a gun without proper adult supervision. Now I could go on and give a few more common sense rules but if you follow these simple rules at all times you should be alright, they have always worked for me. I can hear the questions already, "Is it really as simple as that? The news makes guns out to be dangerous no matter who you are." Yes folks it really is that simple, if you treat every gun as if it is loaded you should never have to utter the words "I didn't think it was loaded” Now I realize that the anti freedom community wants you to believe that guns are dangerous evil creations but that is just not the case, In the hands of a safe responsible shooter guns are no more dangerous than a pen. It is not the gun that is the danger it is the human holding it that is the dangerous element. How many stories do you hear about kids getting their hands on dads gun and killing themselves or on of their friends? Why was the kid playing with the thing in the first place? When I was a child I was taught that guns were off limits without my dad or oldest brother around to supervise. This was damn near the eleventh commandment in our house, and because of this I never shot myself or any of my friends and there wasn't a trigger lock in sight. If you truly want to know how to keep your kids safe around guns teach them in a responsible manner. If you just tell them no you can’t touch that, or that's bad don't touch kids will get curious and wait till your not looking and that's when tragedy strikes. Now I am a believer in the gun safe and I feel it is your responsibility as a gun owner to keep your guns out of children's hands but if you are stupid enough to leave a gun out and you haven't taught your children not to play with it don't blame the gun for your stupidity. By federal law all new firearms must be sold with a locking device of some type and the majority of these do work there are some that don’t but most do however it is all to easy for a criminal to steal your gun bust the lock and go on to cause havoc and mayhem with your gun, the answer to this is simple buy a gun safe. Time and time again the anti freedom crowd exploits the tragedies of families that have lost a child to accidental gunshots to advance their own agenda, and the sheeple of this country let them do it. Instead of wasting money passing more ineffective laws how about we spend that money o help educate more people about gun safety, oh wait that makes sense so obviously we can’t do that. If these people really gave a shit they would preach safety not outright bans. Bu what the Hell do I know I am just an angry Hillbilly.