You are an irresponsible parent in my eyes if you have firearms in a house with children - the stats overwhelmingly indicate that everyone’s in more danger having a gun in the house than not. (I read somewhere the other night that you or a family member are 41X more likely to either be shot or to shoot someone in anger, depression, or by accident than you are to repel a home invader) Remember that you might be highly competent with firearm safety, but is everyone who ever might enter your house also highly competent with firearm safety, including your children’s friends?