I'm curious as to people's opinions on what age or if ever, do you give your under 18 kid the key to "his" hunting Rifle?
We don't have a safe yet, but my son likes to keep his rifles on display with a gun rack he was given in his room. My rule is that they have to have the trigger locks on them at all times. When he goes shooting or hunting with his cousin, uncle, or my step dad, I will give him the key to the lock to take with him so the rifles can be kept locked when not being used. Then collect the key when he returns. Of course he thinks that he should have 24 hour access to the guns, but I'm finding that some adults are siding with him including his mother. Granted he is a good responsible kid that knows gun safety, but I was once a responsible teenager too and I was occasionally stupid or talked into something.