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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I always ask.  And no, I would not let my child go to a home that has firearms.

I would rather be uncomfortable and impolite than have a dead child.  Simple as that.  [/quote]

So you wouldn't even care how they store their guns?  Just if they have one then you won't let them go there?  [/quote]

Some people are like that and it's OK. Maybe they are pacifists, maybe they have trust issues. Maybe it's a cultural values thing - if you have guns (even though they are secured), then they don't want to have social interactions with you and it applies to kids. 
It's a free country, people can decide what's best for them (and hey, if you have the right to own a gun, then I (and by extension my child) certainly have the right to avoid vising your house). Different strokes for different folks, that's all. Let's all breathe out.  Your kid can play with other kids whose parents also own guns, or whose parents don't ask about this.

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By refusing to acknowledge that some people may have their guns stored in a completely safe manner, you are no longer about protecting your kids.  You're saying you refuse to be friends with someone who owns a gun.  The irony is the people who say stuff like this seem to be the ones who pride themselves on being open-minded, yet that's the exactly opposite of what they're doing in this case.  I get the safety issue, I do, and you have every right (and obligation) to protect your children.[b]  But when they are in no danger of coming into contact with a gun at someone's house, that's no longer what you're doing[/b].[/quote]

If there's a gun in your house, then there is ALWAYS a CHANCE of my child coming into contact with it. Because it's there. Please let parents know so they can make an informed decision before they drop their kids off at your house. You don't get to assume that risk for other people. [/quote]

You're not making an informed decision.  You're making a judgmental one.  Because you want to stand on your platform and act like you care about your kids more than someone who has guns safely stored in their house.  Please tell me how your child is going to come into contact with a gun that is locked in a safe?  Because parents who own guns aren't extra careful about locking them up when they get back from the range?  Your child is more likely to be burned by scalding liquid because you ran to the bathroom while you had something on the stove or run over by your car because you were too busy talking to someone to see that they were behind you than they are to be shot by a gun that is kept locked up in a safe.  I am not advocating for not asking, and [b]I am definitely not advocating for completely safe gun ownership[/b], but you are saying there's no such thing as a safe way to store a gun and it makes you ridiculous.[/quote]

Freudian slip?

Yes, there are best practices for storing guns, but a house with a gun is still less safe than a house without. Training and intelligence and safes make the numbers better, but the fact remains.

-np[/quote]

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