MSNBC Poll: Guns in kids room?

[SuperiorDG]

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/06/nra-speaker-advocates-keeping-guns-in-kids-bedrooms/

[Jamnanc]

I would've said no until I read the piece, fantastic idea for a family rally point. Obviously locked up so their friends keep their hands off. YES

[Sawin]

Just as suspected, first reaction is "no way, that's retarded". Then Pincus makes sense out of the idea and I'm fine with it. Secured, obviously....but his logic is sound.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Yeah, my first gut reaction was "hell, no" but I think it's a great idea as long as you do what he says and secure the piece in a safe. As usual, the MSNBC piece was twisted and bogus but it was unusually possible to read between the lines to the correct conclusion.

[flyingcouch]

currently about 75% say yes or maybe. Probably not the response they were looking for.

[newracer]

I would have no issue with leaving firearms in either of my kids rooms even unlocked, they are 11 and 14. However I cannot always know what friends will be in their rooms or what firearm experience they if any. Therefore they all remain locked up in one of two safes.

When we move to our new house both my sons and a guest bedroom will be upstairs. I will consider placing a safe up there.

[Ronin13]

I don't know why everyone jumped to the conclusion of "no" before reading. My first thought was 'biometric safe, somewhere in the closet that is out of sight and doesn't get any real attention from the child or their friends. Great idea!' Jamnanc had it worded perfectly, make the kid(s) room(s) the family rally point for any bump in the night... since most parents do that anyway. Now I don't have this added security check on my list right now, but I fully intend the kids room to be the first place I secure if something were to happen when I do eventually have children. [Beer]

[SuperiorDG]

Here's a good read on the topic at hand.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/6/miller-hey-piers-morgan-learn-about-gun-safety-pop/

Piers Morgan is leading the liberal media and Hollywood in another ignorant attack of the National Rifle Association (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) (NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/)). The CNN (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/cnn/) host tweeted Sunday: “Just when you thought the @NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) couldn’t get any dumber or more dangerous” and linked to a story in Huffington Post (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/the-huffington-post/) titled “NRA Convention Speaker Rob Pincus Advises Keeping (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/rob-pincus-advises-keeping/) Gun Safes In Kids’ Bedrooms For Home Defense.” The story shows a video secretly taken by liberal blog Think Progress of one of the nation’s leading self-defense experts explaining why that can be a good idea.
The left was quick to jump all over the home-protection advice to insinuate the gun-rights organization was promoting risky behavior with children and firearms. They linked the comments to the Sandy Hook Elementary School (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/sandy-hook-elementary-school/) shooting because Adam Lanza (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/adam-lanza/) had access to weapons in the gun safe in his bedroom. According to search warrants, the 20-year-old did not break into the safe.
Actress Bette Midler (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/bette-midler/) ‏tweeted: “@NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) Speaker Rob Pincus Says (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/rob-pincus-says/) to Keep Gun Safes In Kids’ Bedrooms. NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) Speaker Pincus (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pincus-monday/) is an idiot. NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) stands for No Reasoning Allowed.” The liberal media went into overdrive. MSNBC (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/msnbc/) blasted: “NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) speaker advocates keeping guns in kids’ bedrooms.” The New York Daily News (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/new-york-daily-news/) headline was: “YOU’RE KIDDING! NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/) pushes guns on kids as young as Newtown victims in sick ‘Youth Da.’”
Mr. Pincus (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pincus-monday/) does not work for the NRA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-rifle-association/). He was one of many speakers at seminars taught at the annual meeting in Houston over the weekend. The video was from Mr. Pincus (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pincus-monday/)’s course “Home Defense Concepts.”
I talked to Mr. Pincus Monday (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pincus-monday/) about the outrage over his advice. He trained me and other female journalists who cover firearms issues at a seminar hosted by the Winchester Ammunition last August.
“I was explaining about the choices that people have when it comes to where to stage and store your home-defense handgun,” he explained. “When something goes wrong in the home, it is a natural parental response to run to check on the kids. If you know that is the case, and you have multiple firearm safes — specifically ‘quick-access safes’ for defensive guns — it might be worth thinking about staging one in your kid’s room.”
Mr. Pincus (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pincus-monday/) added that, “The idea is that if you are already in your kids’ room and they are safe at that moment, there is no reason you should take the kids or yourself from that room to get to your defensive firearm or ‘barricade’ point. Instead, you simply lock that bedroom door, get the gun out, get on the phone with police and wait — which is much safer than moving through the house if there was an intruder.”
In the seminar, he taught that families should have a “barricade” spot in the home with a reinforced door, cell phone and charger and a secured firearm. Mr. Pincus (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pincus-monday/) pointed out that keeping a gun in that spot — if that is a child ’s bedroom — lessens the likelihood of making a mistake while moving through the home with a gun in a crisis situation.
Mr. Morgan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/piers-morgan/) and his cohorts know nothing about home defense since they are protected by doormen, security guards, gates and staff. He should not be judging families who don’t have access to these elite safety measures and make the personal decision to keep a locked gun safe in a child’s room for self defense.


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[Rooskibar03]

I've actually been thinking about mounting one of these inside daughters closet above the door. So unless you step inside and look up over your head you'd never know its there.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm251/cmuthard03/3ad514001c456cc01cdf881cf4ba2549_zpscb455f2c.jpg

I just need another shotgun to put in it.