You are a few years away from any in depth training except for the Eddie Eagle video. Now that'll keep their attention for hours at those ages. The real hands-on training comes later.
I only purchased a gun cabinet a few years ago, before then; I had them (long guns only) in soft cases up on a high shelf in my walk-in closet. I was the only one who knew where they were and needed a ladder to get to them. I don't know if you would want to play that game. (I only had a few long guns at that time anyhow.)
I got the cabinet when I began hands-on training with my oldest son when he was about 11 yrs old, and when I began purchasing pistols and other hunting guns. It is a cheap cabinet, I don’t have a lot of $ and my guns are not all that valuable, that is, no high priced collectors. The most valuable is probably my Winchester .32 special, handed down to me from my grandfather. I figure it might be worth a few grand at the right gun show, but it is an ere-loom, and will never leave the family if I can help it.
My pistols are in ….. safe places, in the house where they can be accessed in a time of need. When we leave town, all guns (not going with us) are in the cabinet.
My oldest son, now 14, knows where the P-95 is, if he should ever need it when he and his brother & sister are alone and an intruder comes around. He’s pretty good with the P-95 and carries it for self protection when we archery hunt. His training continues, he can now disassemble and re-assemble in about 40 seconds, blindfolded, and shoots a pretty good group too. (My “fine young man” he is.)
Anyhow, that 8 gun cabinet I have was purchased at Wally World a few years back for about $70 or $80. It’s not fire proof or especially heavy. Any hard core thief could probably rip into it, but for the value of its contents, he’d be a fool. It’s also buried in the midst of a bunch of storage crap in the basement no self respecting thief would want to dig through.:embarassed: I keep drooling over some of those big “safes” but gotta keep saving for one of those. Problem is, every time I save up some, I end up buying another gun instead.:yup: