BG> the cause of so many deaths!  We must ban them!"  Whatever...  if 
 BG> people are stupid enough to leave their loaded firearms around
 BG> where their half retarded children can get a hold of them and shoot 
 BG> themselves instead of  storing them in pushbutton lockboxes- well...  
 
Berkely,
 
I don't bother to lock my guns up, loaded or otherwise. I have chosen to 
educate my children in safety, handling, and marksmanship, thereby 
gun-proofing my children instead of childproofing my guns.
 
There is no mechanism, safe, trigger lock, etc. that can keep a halfway 
precosious child from investigating something that has the air of enticing 
mystery about it, so I have chosen to remove the mystery. My children have 
only a healthy interest in firearms. Lockboxes only slow access in time of 
need.
 
jackson
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