TexasCHLforum.com

MechAg94 wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:This reminds me of my last trip to Cabelas. A guy was there with his wife and 5-6 year old son. He was looking for his first gun, and asked the clerk if it was possible to install a manual safety on a Glock because he really liked that gun but needed a manual safety in case his son picked up the gun. After a few questions from the clerk, it became clear that the guy planned to keep his loaded gun in his unlocked night stand and not in a safe. Thankfully, the clerk was very adamant that he needed to get some type of safe for the gun.

Millions of kids have grown up with loaded guns in houses without safes. There are other ways to handle this, but all require a plan and commitment after recognition of the problem.

Absolutely correct. Although I did not attend high school in Texas, my wife did and she said all of the guys had their rifles on a rack on the back of their pickups. This would obviously not fly today. My 11 year old grandson is very skillful with safe use of a gun. I don't think we are all safer with the present laws than we were in the past.

LeonCarr wrote:SQLGeek what you replied with is exactly what I am trying to say.

Sadly, in today's world where common sense is not very common, it sometimes takes citations, arrests, and confinement to instill it.

Mr. Rotor, the federal law is called the Youth Handgun Safety Act:

https://www.atf.gov/file/58806/download

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Where in that federal law was it illegal for not locking up a gun to keep it out of a child's hands? Upon which part of that law would the grandmother in Florida be guilty of? Just a question, not a debate. I believe Florida has such a law but the feds? The federal law has more to do with the transfer of a firearm to a minor I believe.

LeonCarr wrote:I have asked it before and I will ask it again.
snip

This is illegal at the federal level (please read that yellow pamphlet you get/are supposed to get when you purchase a firearm) and at the state level in most states, here is the statute in Texas:


Just my tryingtostopthestupidityofadultsfromkillingtheirchildren .02,
LeonCarr

I am not disagreeing with you but what federal law are you talking about? I think it is all state law and Florida has a law but I don't know if it covers this situation. Purse carry is a whole different issue. Holsters, safety, should their be one in the chamber, I don't know. Just got a little mouse gun and may pocket carry (auto) with a holster on rare occasion but I don't think I will have one in the chamber. As a grandfather I can't think of anything more horrific for these people than this loss of their grand baby. No punishment could be worse.