There are 21,700,000 websites on the subject of GUN SAFETY. If that doesn�t tell you just how important this subject is�nothing will! Police Departments all around the country, medical groups, gun safety organizations (including the NRA), and thousands of other agencies, organizations, and associations have all dedicated websites to this subject.
This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.Invest in gun safes: the importance of this particular tip cannot be emphasized enough! Too many accidental shootings involving children happen because firearms are not properly secured in the home. You can't control childhood curiosity or mischief, but you can control where you keep your guns when they are not in use. Choose the right kind of safe for your gun and exercise absolute diligence in keeping it locked at all times.Be explicit with your kids about not touching a gun at all unless you are there to supervise them. They should never handle a gun at a friend's house even if the friend's parent is present. Bottom line: Your children should never touch a gun unless you say it's OK and you are there with them.For people who live in apartments, a gun case (http://www.fortliberty.org/gun-storage/gun-cases.shtml) is often the right solution. Home owners tend to own more firearms and are usually better served by a full-size gun safe (http://www.fortliberty.org/gun-storage/gun-safes.shtml).For more information on firearm safety, read gun safety (http://www.fortliberty.org/military-library/firearm-gun-safety.shtml).I have spent the better part of my career as a Public Safety Director. The amount of times that my Police Department responded to calls for service where a gun was involved is staggering! I learned several very important lessons:
- Guns and alcohol do not mix.
- Guns and depression do not mix.
- Guns and domestic altercations do not mix.
- Guns and children do not mix.
- And finally�and most importantly�you do not get a second chance to do the right thing!
You have a chance to do the right thing today! If you don�t have one, get a gun safe or minivault. If a close friend, relative or neighbor you know has a gun, these also make excellent gifts and show that you care. An old axiom states that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics! Don�t let someone you love become a statistic. Secure your gun---TODAY!
Author: Robert Dybzinski
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