FrugalFannie
NES Member
I won a rifle and my brother has it because I am not licensed. I will be taking my safety class and applying for my license etc... I have a son who is 9 and of course he has friends who come over to the house. I have told 2 friends taht eventually we will have the rifle in the house and it will be secured, most likely in a safe, since I don't feel confident with a trigger lock. I feel I should disclose this because I would certainly want to know. Now, I am beginning to doubt whether I should have told them because of their reactions. They weren't openly hostile but one set of parents admitted to me that they would always be nervous about it but would probably let their child come over still (we'll see if that happens). The other mom I told that I had won a rifle said "why?". Why would I want one? Did I want to hunt? Let's just say it went over like a lead balloon. Do you think it is my responsibility to inform every parent that we have a firearm in our house when it happens or is it their responsibility to ask the question. BTW, my son does not keep "secrets" and since we will be buying a firearm he can shoot and probably 2 pistols for carry for us, he will probably be ready to tell all his friends that we have guns in the house.