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Originally Posted by Hadley2
No, I didn't misquote you. No lock is good enough.
Sdirector, it is ridiculous and arrogant to assume that the Alex's family was not as pro-gun and "responsible" as you in educating the children, training them on "gun safety," and building a healthy respect for weapons in them, etc.
The idea that the lives of children--bio or foster--no matter how well behaved, value-driven, responsible, well-taught, etc., can be trusted against this huge temptation is why so many children are shot, injured, and killed every year. I would venture to say that pretty much every parent who has experienced a child playing with guns in their house thought and said the very same things you are thinking and saying.
THEY WERE WRONG. Guns and children DO NOT MIX. Period.
The only way to keep ANY child--your "trained" ones or foster ones--safe from guns is to NOT HAVE THEM.
Foster parents should not have guns in the house. It is bad enough to risk your own family and guests in your home, IMO you do not have any "right" to risk a child entrusted to you.
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Actually, you did misquote me by omitting part of my original post in your quote and making it seem like I thought that a box that was "hard to get into" was enough, without locking it. That's not what I was saying AT ALL.
And I realize that you are entitled to your personal views about guns, but the constitution of the country in which we live guarantees law abiding citizens the right to keep and bear arms.
Having a gun doesn't disqualify you from having a child or vice versa. Children and guns have coexisted for centuries, and most of the problems have occurred more recently (past 50 years or so) with uneducated people having guns for the wrong reason without proper training or respect for them.