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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't ask. We assume many families have guns, and we'd only send our kid to houses where we know the parents well enough that we can trust them to keep the guns locked away.

We have guns locked away. We've been asked occasionally, and we've said that "No, we don't own any guns."

It's not information that we wish to disclose to anyone. It's a private matter. As far as other parents need to be concerned, there is absolutely no way that their kids will get their hands on our guns. [/quote]

I don't get this. If you own guns, why are you ashamed to tell people? And as for other parents, aren't they to judge the situations they put their kids into? [/quote]

I have no obligation to discuss any of my personal possessions with anyone, and I am totally indifferent to their feelings about it.[/quote]

This person's responses are really depressing. You are taking the parents' ability to make an informed choice about risk away from them. I would tell you that I have a dog. I would tell you that I have a locked cabinet of alcohol. I would tell you that I have a cabinet of prescription medicine high up on a shelf.  I would tell you I have a covered gated pool. Why can't you tell me that you own a gun? [/quote]

Absolutely right. If someone asked me, "hey, my child is really afraid of dogs. do you have a dog?" I would say, "we do, and he can be very enthusiastic around new people. he sometimes jumps on people. would you prefer we meet up somewhere other than our house?" I would have zero problems with this; in fact, we often go to a friend's house rather than having her daughter come to our house because our dog frightens her girl, who is 2.5. [/quote]

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