Mary,    My family too had guns in the house as I was growing up. I can't remember a specific time being told not to mess with the guns but never did. We were showed how to correctly handle them and allowed to feel them in our hands (unloaded of course). We were told, "DO NOT ever point a gun at anyone!". Added later was the, "unless you plan to use it". My mom did not allow us to even point our fingers (in the pistol fashion), or sticks or toy guns  at anyone during play. She said it might go off! I believe that bit was tongue-in-cheek. Even today we don't "point" at anyone and the youngest is 40! I've always tried to instill that in my niece and nephew and then the greats but their "other" side saw things differently.    I get extremely nervous round people handling guns. I know how to do it correctly but don't know for sure if THEY know. A couple weeks back my hubby's friend came over (been drinking) and after a while he showed me his new handgun he carries in his glove box. I was almost sick from nerves. He did show me it was unloaded and the chamber empty but I was still scared until it was put away.    We too would have been punished if caught "playing" with a gun without supervision.   tracy --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Mary wrote: I was raised on a farm.  My father had both a pistol and long guns because he was an avid hunter.  I never went near them because #1 they were my dad's; and #2 I would have gotten punished.  I don't ever remember being told not to touch them, but I didn't. 

They said on the noon news today that the 10 year old boy's parents in Tucson had left the house for a few minutes to buy dinner forth the family. The boy was home alone so he could do his homework. When they returned they found the boy had been shot in the head. Don in AZ

On 9 October 2009 we lost a member of our family to a gunshot. John Wayne was 11 and out hunting on a special day Georgia had held for father and sons. John Wayne went out with his grandad and never returned. You see the gun went off and John Wayne died of a gunshot wound to his head. Everything that man could do was done for this youngster. ..all in vain for the Lord had other plans for John Wayne. Knowing that John Wayne was saved just last spring is a comforting joy for us but we will always miss him. Pat --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Don Churchfield <dctrk@c2i2.com> wrote: > From: Don Churchfield <dctrk@c2i2.com> > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Guns and children > To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 3:35 PM > They said on the noon news today that > the 10 year old boy's > parents in Tucson had left the house for a few minutes to > buy > dinner forth the family. The boy was home alone so he could > do > his  homework. When they returned they found the boy > had been > shot in the head. > > Don in AZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >