She’d better learn how to load that thing.”
My thought exactly. And she needs to keep it loaded.
I think that one needs a trigger lock on a loaded shotgun if children are present in the home. So if loaded, one still needs to unlock the trigger lock, or have no lock and then load it, or retrieve it from a lockbox. California is so screwed up. Better just to risk getting caught with a loaded shotgun near children and face the consequences, while keeping it out of their hands.