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I think your approach is sound, what I have found with my three teens who started with guns around 8, is that the repeated warnings as with anything else really works, however at the ages your dealing with they should never be trusted ( I think you know that).
We as parents do not have to be open and honest with our lives, you can think of many things you would not be open and honest about.
Bottom line educate and keep secrets if you want, they should understand that no matter where they find a gun, wether they know it is there or not they need to leave it alone and come tell you where it is.
I recently bought my first two handguns, and to my knowledge my teens do not know where they are hidden and have not tried to find them. I have informed that if they were to find the guns that they will be loaded so do not mess around with them.
As far as showing them the power of the gun, set up a watermelon and shoot it with them around.
The biggest deterent to them when they were young was having them shoot guns that were to big for them. The kick scares the tar out of them and they will stay away. They will get over it when they are older.
Rick
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