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Which handgun and why?
rameleni1
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I have a 1911 gov. and a .357 Taurus, with the hammer safety set screw. Which one should I use for home protection?. The problem is, I have a 7 year old son. He is Autistic, but very smart. I keep the 1911 hidden out of sight. He doesn't know where it is, or how to operate it. I have a 20 lb spring in the gun. I keep 5 rds ball ammo in it, nothing in the chamber. I use the ball ammo because of never having feeding problems with it. Even if my son found the gun, he could never pull back the slide. I had my ex try it, and my mother (who is a big woman), and neither could even budge the slide. I gave my son a Crossman co2 powered pistol last week. I let him shoot it, with only the co2 in, no pellets. He likes it very much, but can barely pull the 5 lb trigger on it. Should I keep the 1911, or use the .357 with the locking hammer. My fear is not being able to unlock the hammer quick enouph when needed. I head on one user here wearing the key around his neck. I can see myself doing that in a few years, but not now. I really think that it would take me too long to unlock the gun to be any good for home protection.
Rameleni1
Rameleni1
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When I was little my father taught me to respect his firearms, and anytime I wanted to hold one all I had to do was ask... But if I didn't ask and I went messing, then it was my rear end. A dangerous time is when your not home where he can't ask, and he has a friend over he might want to show off daddy's gun to. Believe me, I'm only 21, and I still remember doing it. Thats the time alot of accidents happen. Thats why its very important to talk about it with your kid, don't expect them to know it, and refreshing their memory time to time doesn't hurt. Teach them how to completely unload the firearm and make sure its not loaded. Make sure they know that just cause the magazine is out that the gun can still have a round in the chamber.
My father did keep every gun he had loaded, and took one with him everywhere, but when he left the house, they were all locked up in the safe where I couldn't get to them and neither could a buglar. It wasn't till I was old enough that I started buying my own guns did he actually ever give me the combination to it.
Just some advice from experience, hope it helps.
I honestly wish that there were non-liberal training for adults with children on how to handle guns. Everyone I've ever seen told parents to lock up all there guns and keep the ammo in a seperate locked up place. I'm firmly against this school of thought because an unloaded locked up gun is useless in a fight, and in the time it takes the burgler with the knife to get from the door to you, you won't have time to get to a gun, then go get ammo, load it up, and shoot. No way.
If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.
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Rameleni1
When I was about 12 or 13, I had a blank pistol that was drilled through the barrel. It was loaded with a 22 lr with the bullet pulled and a wad of toilet paper in the case. The gun was in the pocket of my pants. The family awoke Sunday morning to a shot and a scream. My six year old brother found the pistol and was trying to cock the hammer against the refrigerator corner with one palm on the barrel and the other one on the butt. It slipped and fired the wad into his palm.
The Dr. treated the wound with a Sulfa drug and the wound swelled up considerably. There seemed to be no end to the paper wadding that
eventually came out.
Needless to say I was in deep do do.
The Keylock hammer may be the best of the two choices if your son doesn't know the gun needs a key and the key is on your wrist or on a chain around your neck. You have a tough one.
There is a one gun safe that recognizes your hand. That might be your safest bet.
I take my kids to the range and they know all the golden rules, therefore respects all firearms, but your case is different if he's autistic. They are so smart, it's spooky. I would not depend on him not being strong enough because he'll find a way to make it go boom.
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