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Part of dealing with the little guys is making life difficult for them, to climb up and get into places they shouldn't. This means you take a close look where you put stools and chairs, that a two- or three-year old might be able to use to reach the top of a chest or up onto a high shelf...
For now, up high and out of sight will work. If you leave the gun at home while you're at work, and the youngun gets home before you do, a trigger lock could be effective. After you get home, you make unlocking it a part of your daily routine. In the morning, you lock it--part of the routine, like shaving and tooth-brushing...
Or, add a lock to a top drawer and always keep the key on your key ring, not "somewhere around the house"--another possibility.
Somewhere around age four, let the kid help clean the pistol. Feel and fondle, with the instruction, "When you're big enough to shoot it, let me know and we'll go shoot." Removing the mystique, any lure of the illicit, will somewhat reduce any interest in "forbidden things". Having his own cap pistol will give a sense of "my gun" and lessen interest in yours.
FWIW, Art
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