ARE LEO'S YOUR SAVIOR?

[F.U.]

"I have kids in the house".

This seems like a really good reason to protect your family and not wait for the police.

It's also one of the reasons I have guns in my house.

Serious question. What are the odds that you would use your guns to defend your house vs. the odds of a gun accident where one of your kids were harmed?

Virtually Zero. I taught my kids to never touch the gun without me telling them to, Further I taught them not to fuck with anything that was not theirs And the gun was never out in view for them to see. They would have had to go searching for it, yet another thing they knew never to even think of.
Once they were old enough I taught them how to handle the gun.
Education is key yo gun safety as well as just about everything else.

I agree with most of what Six said. If you teach the children about firearms at a early age you take the mystery as well as the fear out of the object. When its not a big "secret" to them they just become another tool in the home. My children and now grandchildren are well aware of the firearms around my home. They have never once tried to screw with any of the firearms. They all know that should they feel the need to shoot them all they need to do is ask and we will head to the range, put on our safety gear and have a blast.
The only thing I have a little different view than six on is the put away part. Yes most of my loaded firearms are tucked out of sight, but as I type this there is a locked and loaded [condition 1] 40cal Springfield XD laying on the table right between my grandson, who is eating breakfast and I. It will be removed from the table shortly and placed into the holster on my side when I head out the door and head to work. But in the mean time it is laying there in plain view and the grandson and I are joking around as he eats breakfast and watches saturday morning cartoons. To him it is no different than the cammera, my keys, cellphone, or sunglasses that are also sitting here.
Also the hundred plus firearms that are unloaded are all in plain view, but all in one room, my gun room/man cave.
I say teach them about firearms and they will be safer than if you would hide firearms away from them.