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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is 100 percent her business.  Improperly stored firearms + 13 preteen boys overnight = potential for disaster.

Why not just tell her that you do own guns and that they are stored unloaded in a locked safe, separate from ammunition, or in a biometric safe?[/quote]

OP here. DH basically feels like she is calling him an idiot by supposing he'd have loaded guns lying around. Some of them are worth a large some of money and he doesn't want it known that the 'Jones family' has several thousand dollars worth of guns in our house. He noted that she didn't ask about illegal or prescription drugs, dangerous dogs, swimming pool, alcohol or any other factor also known to kill kids. It feels 'virtue signally' at his expense. It's hard to not consider that viewpoint.[/quote]

OP, I assume your son is fully aware that his father owns lots of guns? You can't imagine a world in which your son, wanting to impress his DOZEN guests, shows his friends a gun? Seems completely plausible. In fact, it happened with my son. He visited a friend for a play date, age 5. I found out later that his friend showed him his dad's gun. To this day, I am sick to my stomach thinking about that and the tragedy we avoided. It's a reasonable question. And I really don't care if this sounds judgmental, but the fact that OP's gun-loving husband is more concerned about the value of his guns than making his son's friends feel safe is just messed up. And the idea that your first thought is to straight up lie ("no, we don't have guns") is abhorrent. Your house is unsafe, OP. Period. [/quote]
If you asked that irresponsible gun owner if it was secured properly he would have lied to your face. 
Every single dog owner who's dog mauled a kid will say, "I had no idea he was capable of that". 
Zero batteries in the smoke detectors - I had no idea the batteries were out 
Kid gets into drugs "Oh I had no idea my eldest was smoking pot" etc etc etc

Do not send your kid over to somebody else's house. There is nothing but trouble and there's plenty of dangerous things other than guns. [/quote]

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