Us too! In fact that is the best things I have ever done with ours to disarm his curiosity... Took about 4 times the first week and then just a few more times. Nowadays he like to come back to the safe when I go in it so he can ask specific questions about individual guns. Good times!Excaliber wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:04 am I told my kids they could see any of my guns any time they wanted - they only had to ask and I would stop what I was doing and show them, but touching one without permission was absolutely verboten. That took curiosity out of the equation and gave me lots of opportunities to discuss safety and their purpose.
That worked well for us.
I first read the concept when researching stuff for my wife, at "The Cornered Cat"
some great articles but here is the one explaining disarming their curiosity- which is the 2nd half of this article.
https://www.corneredcat.com/article/kid ... st-lesson/
For anyone that has kids- this may be the best article ever written about kids and guns.
Disarming Her Curiosity
.........Now comes the scary part: Hand her the gun........