Keeping guns in a baby's bedroom?!

[RoseGarden123]

I know i am probably being a bit silly but can others help me on this one. My husband is a farmer and as such we have three guns in the house. We live in a bungalow and due to how it is built we only have one main brick internal wall. For gun licences the gun case has to be attached to an internal solid wall and is currently in our spare room. We are due DC2 soon and the spare room will become baby's bedroom. The gun cabinet is absolutely secure and DH is so careful about keeping all the cartridges etc locked up elsewhere and not even I know how to access the cabinet. So safety wise no issue. However i feel really funny about our baby sleeping in a room with guns in it. I want DH to move it into the loft, only other option and he thinks I am being silly (in a nice way). He has said if I really want to he will but it is a real hassle, big job, paperwork and the fire arms officer has to come back out to approve etc!
Am I being silly?

Erm I can see why you'd feel uncomfortable but if its securely locked then less of a concern. I assume getting them out of the loft each time would be a PITA?

YANBU i know they're locked away but i wouldnt be comfortable with it either

Well the baby won't be able to use them or even know they are there and it sounds properly secure

But I would still be uncomfortable even if it wasn't logical so YANBU IMO

Can you build another cupboard/false wall around it so it feels external to the room?

I'm siding with your dh, can't see the problem! Ours are kept in our bedroom, where my dd sleeps too, and It's not occurred to me that it's any kind of issue.

Is it the sort of thing that might attract burglars?

Safety realy isn't a concern and yes would be a total PITA for DH if it was kept in loft. Just feels wrong to me - no logical explanation!

It would make me uncomfortable too.

Could you make it your bedroom instead?

I don't think it'd attract burgulars and no way they could get into it, so not a worry.
I know Croc it is so silly! Maybe it is the hormones playing havoc!

I don't think it matters so much whilst DC2 is a baby, but as babies grow they require more room for their own 'stuff' - so that would probably be the logical issue for me.

Illogically, I don't picture a child's room with a gun cabinet in it, so I completely see why you're uncomfortable with it.

I suppose it depends on how often the guns are in use? If once a month, it may well be worth the hassle to put them in the loft (and the loft is more secure, recently we've had a spate of burglaries where gun cabinets are targetted and ripped off the wall - they nick the whole cabinet!) if in regular use, then I can see that would be a hassle.

I don't think either of you ABU.

Yanbu...I wouldn't want that. Swap rooms? Or move the cabinet. It's very weird to have a gun cabinet in a child's room. When the DC gets older, he or she will be interested in it.

Ours are kept in the spare room rather than DD's room but friends with DC sleep there sometimes! Even at 6 DD1 wouldn't know where they are kept (in a safe in the fitted wardrobe).

I can't see a massive problem, but can see why you might have a little niggle.

No Mum2b the firearms officer likes it to be attached to a brick wall internally. Our bedroom doesn't fit the bill.
DH even put a locked cupboard arount it so you'd barely know it was there and would have no idea what it was unless you were one of us!

I believe that sometimes firearm officers have a problem with an attic location as they're concerned that people might not fancy going to the hassle of getting the loft steps out etc etc to put it away - not saying your dh wouldn't but i think they err on the side of caution

can see your point though - doesn't seem terribly fluffy-nursery. what's on the other side of the wall?

I would have him move them.

For a baby it doesn't matter but for a toddler/preschooler/big kid it will.

I grew up around guns and own a couple now, no way would I leave a child unsupervised in a room which housed them. Not a chance.

Always assume they are loaded and actively want to go off.

No you're not being silly! I can imagine how practically a new born won't be able to access it etc etc but really, guns and baby just cannot coexist in the same space. Stick to your guns (sorry!) and insist the trouble is worth it, get them moved to the attic.

Is your spare room big enough that you could have it and put the Dc in your room?

Sounds safe enough but ikwym about it feeling a bit weird.

This sounds familiar. There's been a post like this before!

Anyway, I agree with you but it is illogical!

sorry, I meant swap rooms - you make the spare room your bedroom instead

We had the same thing, but I felt comfortable with them there if there had been any trouble the first place I would have barricaded myself into would have been baby's room, so handy!

If your local police don't have an issue then really it's just psycological

No it's not your hormones, and you are not being U, but then neither is he.

The loft isn't the answer either; are there definitely no other options?

No spare room wouldn't be big enough for us. Other-side of the wall is our living room and no real space there.
Hadn't though of that always.
i do understand DHs reluctance and to him it is perfectly safe. As I say i don't even know how to access it. It is in a locked cupboard, in a steel gun case. DH is meticulous about how he keeps it.
Long term we are extending upwards so won't be a problem in a year or two but is now.

YANBU. If it's a huge faff to get them moved and approved I'd do that now, before the baby arrives. It's not really a practical issue while your DC is still a baby but just thinking of my DS, now 15 months - he is in EVERYTHING, banging on things, shaking cupboard doors etc. I'd just bite the bullet (no pun intended) and move them now out of every accessible bit of your living space and you'll save yourself a lot of heartache in future.