[Seahawk]

It is funny, we teach our children about so many things but want to protect them from guns, which are inanimate objects.

I taught my children about the dangers of cars, and tractors and bad people. I wanted to make them aware, not frightened. I also educated them, when they could understand, about guns.

I live on a farm and guns are tools: We regularly hunt, kill varmints and view guns as a means to our security since we live in a very rural area. The time from recognition of danger to a first responder other than me can be measured in 10's of minutes.

When my children were young, all my guns were in a safe, either a large device or my bedside box with a code only my wife and I knew. With dogs downstairs, my response time to recognition of danger was seconds.

When they were old enough, I taught them to call me if they saw a gun, to not touch it, always assume it was loaded. I kept my guns in safes still.

Then, when they were older still, they learned how to safely handle and shoot guns, the mystery uncovered.

I guess my point is that if you have to teach a gun owner how to properly store a weapon so that their kids are safe, there are more immediate risks to the children than the gun: Their parents.

Distracted driving (phones, testing, etc.) is the number one cause of auto accidents, so far ahead of accidental gun deaths as to be a statistical joke. I'd rather we focus on what is really killing our youth.