I think the answer lies in the commitment you took when you became a parent, to love and protect your child. My suggestion would be to start the practice now, to get in the habit now. Just in the last several months, we had an incident in the Denver area where a young child found a gun and a young child died because of it. What you may consider is to find a high place or two and put a couple of quick-access gun safes. A couple hundred bucks is well worth it where a child's safety is concerned. Just a thought. I'm sure you'll get some other good ideas from other members, too.