1.  First we suggest that if you bring a firearm into the home that you sit down and tell your family about it.  If you try to sneak them into the home, they become like Christmas presents and the only time a child knows they can look at them is in secret.  There starts the beginning of the accident.  We advocate that after you inform your family about the firearms, that you tell them that any time they would like to see them, you will remove them from the safe and show them to them.  You also should tell them that just like you don't touch my power tools, etc., you don't touch my firearms.  For most children this takes away the mystery about them.  A child will look at them for a few seconds and then they are on their way.

2.  We also suggest that you employ the Eddie Eagle Program from the NRA.  The basics of the program are that if your child is somewhere and a gun is found that they (1) stop (2) don't touch it (3) run away and get an adult.  You should also strongly advise a child that if they are at a neighbor's house, etc. and a firearm comes out that they should also leave because you know how you are around firearms but you don't know how safe your neighbor is.  As a family, you need to be in agreement that you do not discuss the fact that your home has firearms because you don't want everyone in the neighborhood to know what you have.