SAAMO™ safety tips.

A loaded revolver poses grave risks for young children.

It takes about 8 pound of force to pull the trigger of a double action revolver, a

force that many small children can produce using two fingers. This means that a

child can operate a revolver. In this instance, a bystander is at great risk.

If a small child is having difficulty pulling the trigger with their index fingers they

may try using their thumbs. In this instance they may place the butt of the gun

between their legs the with gun barrel pointed up towards their face in order to

be able push down the trigger with their thumbs. In this instance the child is at

great risk.

If needed for cost or strength reasons, at a minimum, a trigger lock should be

used with a revolver.

An automatic hand gun should never be chambered with live ammunition in the

presence of small children.

If an automatic hand gun is properly selected for difficulty of round ejection, it

can be brought to bear by a home defense concerned adult quickly. Most small

children would find chambering such a gun impossible. Great caution should

always be exercised in any event, but not chambering an automatic handgun for

ready defense far exceeds the safety of having a chambered gun at the ready. It is

the parent’s responsibility to determine the ability of a child to operated such a

gun and provide for proper hand gun training or lock the gun away.

There is no substitute for proper adult hand gun training and vigilance.