Kids are explorers. They will find anything no matter how hard you try to hide them. The only way to keep your kids from getting to your guns is to lock them up in a gun locker and even then you can never write down your combination or leave a key anywhere. I knew a friend who was in the Navy and when he was out on deployment, his wife slept with a loaded .45 under her pillow. I always thought the risk of one of his three kids finding that gun was greater than the risk of someone breaking into the home. To my knowledge, nothing bad ever happened, but the risk involved was high.