>>>>Question - do you or your husband own a gun?
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>>>Nope. Never have, never will. And I'd never have knowingly let my kids visit a home with a gun in it. When mine were little, we never though to ask, but I know my sister asks.
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>>Did your kids get shot & die the last time they were in a house with a gun? If you think they have
>>never been in a house with a gun, then you're wrong. Just because you knew or didn't know didn't
>>change anything.
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>>So that only leaves your perception of the dangers of guns in people's houses. Unlocked guns, yes,
>>they are dangerous. But so are medications carelessly left around 4 year olds, and steak knives
>>left out where kidscan get them. People have been killing each other for thousands of years - with
>>and without guns.
>>
>>Why not say, "And I'd never have knowingly let my kids visit a home with anyting dangerous in it"?
>
>Because guns are more dangerous and less otherwise useful. Medications have a purpose other than killing. Knives have many purposes other than killing. Guns are for killing.
>
>Tamar

Guns have purposes other than killing. Marksmanship is a great sport, and not everybody who practices marksmanship hunts.