shotguns in his truck (mobile home, landlords, live)

[nwcountrygal]

Yes it is changing but if someone teaches their kid ...

Yes it was 20-10 years ago I would leave my keys in truck, guns in rack, fishing pole in back of pick up and go to another town with it all unlocked. I have only retrained myself to lock up vehicles since 2005 to lock doors in car, lock house. Lock house I haven't had a key since I was a kid knowing GrammasCabin!!! Now in Hawaii it is a total retrain if you don't want your vehicle ( and it isn't a tourist car helps) leave it open with the windows down. No guns though. Not many guns here.

My opinion if your don't train kids young to handle guns it becomes a thrill to do something with guns. Teach a kid they don't abuse the power of them, it should be taught in every school in my opinion even if not hunting. Just as archery was a PE class when I grew up in town. However it should be taught as a saftey class and what can happen literally with guns.

Kids respect guns on Hawaii to Alaska if raised in this type of way.

[gobrien]

I never worried about locking my car until someone's small child got in my car, somehow locked themselves in, and almost died of heatstroke when I lived in Oregon.

[Grannysroost]

Originally Posted by gobrien

I never worried about locking my car until someone's small child got in my car, somehow locked themselves in, and almost died of heatstroke when I lived in Oregon.

OMG...another unforeseen reason to lock the car....

[gobrien]

Originally Posted by Grannysroost

OMG...another unforeseen reason to lock the car....

They were trying to blame me, they seemed to forget that there was an unsupervised small child running around! Their argument kind of sputtered out at that point.....

[GrammasCabin]

Originally Posted by gobrien

I never worried about locking my car until someone's small child got in my car, somehow locked themselves in, and almost died of heatstroke when I lived in Oregon.

OMG I'm so sorry. That must have been horrible for you. Thank God the kid survived.
I've never taken the key out of my car let alone locked it. I'm the last house (cabin) on the island, nothing but dirt logging roads beyond me. Few years ago I woke up at 3am to watch the tail lights of my truck head up the driveway and towards town. !!! Called the cops and drove around for a few days wondering where my truck went. Remember, we're on an island. Cops never did find it, but I did. It was at the ferry terminal with a note of apology and $20 for gas. "sorry, broke down and had to catch the ferry".
I don't even know if there's a key for my door. In summer I don't even close it.

[JohnPF]

Well I live in a complex located in NW Chicagoland. I never lock doors to my van and never had any problems. Sometimes I'll leave the key in the ignition. Often windows rolled down. I mean to come back but I never do. I don't lock the patio doors. Well lately I do. Try to, just in case because of the computers, digital slr and stuff like Nicon microscopes or the new Bravia 52" LCD. But still I don't believe in locks. Never did- good relations with neighbors are a lot better!

[gobrien]

Originally Posted by GrammasCabin

OMG I'm so sorry. That must have been horrible for you. Thank God the kid survived.
I've never taken the key out of my car let alone locked it. I'm the last house (cabin) on the island, nothing but dirt logging roads beyond me. Few years ago I woke up at 3am to watch the tail lights of my truck head up the driveway and towards town. !!! Called the cops and drove around for a few days wondering where my truck went. Remember, we're on an island. Cops never did find it, but I did. It was at the ferry terminal with a note of apology and $20 for gas. "sorry, broke down and had to catch the ferry".
I don't even know if there's a key for my door. In summer I don't even close it.

I just felt bad for that poor child, the parents never watched it. Even after that! I do keep my door locked, have had too many statistically improbable things happen to me, such as being dragged behind a building while bringing a sick neighbor some tp late at night in Arkansas (fortunately for me the bad guy had been terrorizing several people and the police had already been called before I encountered him). And I've read too many true crime books written by Ann Rule!

[JohnPF]

Don't read any more books, instead enroll in self defence class... It will do wonders for your safety as well as self esteem.

[gobrien]

I have but part of self defense is mental and that involves knowing your risks and trying to be aware (but not paranoid) of your environment. Ann Rule's books aren't sensationalist in nature, she is more into making people aware that not everybody has your best intentions at heart. In my case, when I was in my scary situation, I was calm and used my mind. I was able to make the bad guy feel as if I could relate to him, and he relaxed and let me go. Then the police arrived.

[bortstc37]

the school here sometimes has a biathlon team. but the school has its own guns and kids don't need to bring them.

i have yet to see anyone bring their own to school. since it's a small village, students will just go home, snack, grab their gun, and go hunting (assuming they want to go after school).

depending on the student, the teachers/administration might freak out if a gun was brought by a student.