> I hope you are not serious.  :( I for one believe if
 > you want to do anything like this it should be in self defence
 > training and I don't mean with weapons - Karate, Judo, Wendo, etc. and 
hen
 > you would want to have trained by an expert.
 > Well that's just MHO for what it's worth to you - but
 > I feel pretty strongly about it. ;)
FWIW, my husband trains our daughters and myself in gun usage and safety. He 
does have guns in the home - he used to work as a police dispatcher - and as 
an active duty military member he must know how to use them and occasionally 
has to "qualify" on them. Right now the training for myself is usage of one 
in self-defense. He takes us to a shooting range or out to the desert. For 
the girls right now, it's just "don't touch this" and "this drawer is off 
limits" and he has also put a little scare into them so they don't even want 
to go near that drawer. If we didn't have weapons in the home, training us in 
safety and usage might be rather useless, but if you have them in your home, 
you should know how not to mess with them.
I'm not sure that this kind of training should be limited to homeschoolers - 
anyone with guns in their home should ensure that the whole family knows the 
appropriate safety rules around them, and that the guns should be stowed 
safely in the first place.
                                 -donna
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