>>>>Question - do you or your husband own a gun?
>>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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


Not according to the statistics:
http://www.disastercenter.com/cdc/111riskb.html
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Death-among-children-and-adolescents.htm

Guns are no more dangerous than medications or steak knives left about. The gun by itself cannot
kill anyone. Therefore, any person could pick up a knife and kill someone. Or your child could
just as easily swally drain cleaner left under the sink at your friends house.

You have an unjustified, irrational fear of guns. The statistics support the facts.