What makes youngster to take a gun?how we prevent it?

What made me take my father's .38 Special from the top drawer of his dresser when I was eight, was mostly that he left a gun in his top dresser and all boys are fascinated and drawn to guns. Another problem was that he never mentioned the gun, never showed it to me, nor warned me not to touch it. I was just supposed to know that somehow, and whatever punishment I received I considered entirely unfair. So my answer to you is thus: Talk to your kids about guns, and lock up your guns tightly.