With young kids I really suggest getting a lock box or lock of some type. Hoping the kid can't figure out/is not strong enough to chamber a round is pretty dicey. Remember, it's not just your kids either, but any neighbor kid, family kid or random street urchin that happens to be in the house.
I read too many horror stories about some kid showing his cousin dad's gun that dad keeps under the mattress. When your kids get old enough, teach them firearm use and safety.
That said, if I were in your situation, I would strongly consider a defensive handgun and gun vault.
I completely agree....the hope of them not figuring out how to chamber/fire isnt safe enough.... As soon as they are old enough to understand (currently a 5 year old and 11 month old girls) I will definitley teach them safety. Right now, I dont keep anything unsecured and loaded around the house. I also teach "dont touch" but you know how that works! Dont tough means "its cool, probably should play with it!"
Bring Back HEE HAW! ---- Love this! They do air re-runs on the farmers network on Directv! I am not sure they have the characters they had back in the day (Minnie Pearl, Papa Jones, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, etc..) to pull it off in this day and age! Great show for sure. I am a big Hank Williams Jr. fan and it is interesting to see him on there so young...